N-acetylcystein in dengue associated severe hepatitis

Although, N-acetylcystein (NAC) has shown benefit in non-acetaminophen related liver failure, it was not well studies in dengue associated severe hepatitis. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever associated severe hepatitis (encephalopathy grade 2-drowsy and intermittent disorientation) treate...

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Autores principales: Habaragamuwa, Buddhika Widyaratna Peiris, Dissanayaka, Palitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701072
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.128712
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author Habaragamuwa, Buddhika Widyaratna Peiris
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description Although, N-acetylcystein (NAC) has shown benefit in non-acetaminophen related liver failure, it was not well studies in dengue associated severe hepatitis. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever associated severe hepatitis (encephalopathy grade 2-drowsy and intermittent disorientation) treated with NAC resulted in good outcome without hepatic transplantation.
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spelling pubmed-39632052014-04-03 N-acetylcystein in dengue associated severe hepatitis Habaragamuwa, Buddhika Widyaratna Peiris Dissanayaka, Palitha Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Although, N-acetylcystein (NAC) has shown benefit in non-acetaminophen related liver failure, it was not well studies in dengue associated severe hepatitis. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever associated severe hepatitis (encephalopathy grade 2-drowsy and intermittent disorientation) treated with NAC resulted in good outcome without hepatic transplantation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3963205/ /pubmed/24701072 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.128712 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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