A case of reversible drug‐induced liver failure

Acute fulminant liver failure and acute renal failure are devastating complications caused by many drugs. The use of N‐acetylcysteine has been well established in acetaminophen toxicity, but it remains controversial in other cases. Dialysis is a very effective method of removing certain drugs from t...

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Autores principales: Ansari, Mohammad, Arshed, Sabrina, Islam, Mohammed, Sen, Shuvendu, Yousif, Abdalla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1030
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author Ansari, Mohammad
Arshed, Sabrina
Islam, Mohammed
Sen, Shuvendu
Yousif, Abdalla
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Yousif, Abdalla
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description Acute fulminant liver failure and acute renal failure are devastating complications caused by many drugs. The use of N‐acetylcysteine has been well established in acetaminophen toxicity, but it remains controversial in other cases. Dialysis is a very effective method of removing certain drugs from the system. With the invention of new street drugs such as “synthetic marijuana,” it may be beneficial in patients whom the substances ingested are unknown. We report a case of a 42‐year‐old male who developed acute fulminant hepatic failure and acute renal failure, who was cured with dialysis, N‐acetylcysteine, and other supportive measures.
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spelling pubmed-54943902017-07-05 A case of reversible drug‐induced liver failure Ansari, Mohammad Arshed, Sabrina Islam, Mohammed Sen, Shuvendu Yousif, Abdalla Clin Case Rep Case Reports Acute fulminant liver failure and acute renal failure are devastating complications caused by many drugs. The use of N‐acetylcysteine has been well established in acetaminophen toxicity, but it remains controversial in other cases. Dialysis is a very effective method of removing certain drugs from the system. With the invention of new street drugs such as “synthetic marijuana,” it may be beneficial in patients whom the substances ingested are unknown. We report a case of a 42‐year‐old male who developed acute fulminant hepatic failure and acute renal failure, who was cured with dialysis, N‐acetylcysteine, and other supportive measures. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5494390/ /pubmed/28680622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1030 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1030
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