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HYPERACUT
E LV
interval of <
7 days
ACUTE LV
SUBACUTE
LV
interval 8-28
interval 4-12
days
weeks
Pathogenesis
etiolog
y
damag
e
Oxydative
stress
Massive
inflow
calcium
Celluler &
subcelluler
biomembra
n
Severe
disorders
cell mileu
death
Lipid
peroxidation
CLINICAL SYNDROME
Encephalopathy
Renal, electrolyte, acid-base
abnormality
Respiratory disorders
Cardiovascular disorders
Coagulation disorders
GI & other bleeding
Hypoglycemia
Sepsis
ENCHEPHALOPATY
Pathological noninflammatory brain lesion
resulting from heterogens
pathological
effects,involves various
neurological and/or psychic
symptoms
PRECONDITION :
Severe (acute or chronic) liver disease
And/or
Portosystemic collateral circulation
Neurological &
mental
symptoms
potentially
reversibble
HEPATIC
ENCEPHALOPAT
HY
Moderate
to coma
Acute or
chronic
liver
disease
Neurologic status
No abnormality detect
Neurologic
complication
(67%)
Bacterial and/or
fungal infection&
sepsis (13%)
DEATH
Progressive
respiratory &
renal failure
(50%)
GI
hemorrhage
(13%)
Hemodynami
c
complication
(8%)
Avunduk C. In Manual of Gastroenterology diagnosis & therapy. 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Willkins. 2009;p104.
DIAGNOSIS
PROGNOSIS
POOR
AST, ALT
Bilirubin,
PT/APTT
Serum
antibody, viral
DNA-RNA titers
Liver biopsy
PT >100sec
Stage III-IV
encephalopathy
Arterial pH<7.3
Age<10 or>40y
Jaundice <7days before
onset enchepalopathy
PT>50sec
Serum billirubin >18mg%