liver failure, acute

Preferred Label : liver failure, acute;

MeSH definition : A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C.;

MeSH synonym : acute liver failure; failure, acute liver; acute hepatic failure; failure, acute hepatic; hepatic failure, acute;

CISMeF synonym : hepatic failures, fulminant; hepatic failures, fulminating; liver failures, fulminant; liver failures, fulminating; liver failure, fulminant;

MeSH hyponym : Fulminant Liver Failure; Fulminant Liver Failures; Fulminating Hepatic Failure; Fulminating Hepatic Failures; Hepatic Failure, Fulminating; Hepatic Failure, Fulminant; Fulminant Hepatic Failure; Fulminant Hepatic Failures; Fulminating Liver Failure; Fulminating Liver Failures; Liver Failure, Fulminating;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute liver failure;

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Origin ID

D017114;

UMLS CUI

C0162557;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
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- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
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- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
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- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
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- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
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- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
HPO term
- Acute hepatic failure [HPO term]
- Fulminant hepatic failure [HPO term]
ORDO relation(s)
- Acute liver failure [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- Liver Failure, Fulminant [MeSH concept]
- liver failure, acute [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acute Liver Failure [NCIt concept]
- Acute hepatic failure [HPO term]
- Acute hepatic failure [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Acute hepatic failure [HRDO Sign]
- Acute hepatic failure (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Acute liver failure [ORDO Disease]
- Acute liver failure [MedDRA LLT]
- Fulminant hepatic failure [MedDRA LLT]
- Fulminant hepatic failure [HPO term]
- Fulminant hepatic failure (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acute liver failure [Disease (Nov.)]

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