Severe Pernicious Anemia Predisposing to Hypoxic Hepatitis

Hypoxic hepatitis or ischemic hepatitis is most commonly encountered in critical care patients, most of whom have shock states secondary to cardiac or respiratory failure. We report a case of severe pernicious anemia predisposing to hypoxic hepatitis that had a good prognosis with simple treatment....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mbachi, Chimezie, Palacios Argueta, Pedro, Wang, Yuchen, Mba, Benjamín
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6658036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616731
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000046
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Sumario:Hypoxic hepatitis or ischemic hepatitis is most commonly encountered in critical care patients, most of whom have shock states secondary to cardiac or respiratory failure. We report a case of severe pernicious anemia predisposing to hypoxic hepatitis that had a good prognosis with simple treatment. Care should be taken in management of severe anemia, interpretation of serum vitamin B12 levels after blood transfusion, and the use of intravenous fluids.

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