Avtor/Urednik     Ećimović, P; Nolan, C; Dwyer, R
Naslov     Ischemic hepatitis with severe coagulopathy as a part of multiple organ failure after drug abuse
Tip     članek
Vir     In: Zabavnik Z, editor. Book of lectures of the 16th anaesthesia symposium Alpe Adria; 2003 May 9-11; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica,
Leto izdaje     2003
Obseg     str. 281-5
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     18 years old drug addict was admitted with hypovolemic shock after a drug overdose. He deteriorated to cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department and was successfully resuscitated. Subsequently he developed rhabdomyolysis, liver impairment, and kidney and respiratory failure. Liver impairment was caused by ischaemic hepatitis secondary to hypovolemia and cardiac arrest. Liver function tests indicated direct hepatocellular damage with high ALT (3278 IU/I), AST (5514 IU/p, hypoglycemia, and only minor elevation of bilirubin (6 micromol/l) and alkaline phosphatase (174 IU/p. As a consequence, the patient became hypoalbuminemic (13 g/I) and coagulopathic (INR 16.9, APTT 300 s, platelets 41 x109/I). With aggressive supportive treatment and despite multiple organ failure he made a complete recovery and was discharged from the hospital after 14 days.
Deskriptorji     SUBSTANCE ABUSE
MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE
BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS
HEPATITIS, TOXIC
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
ADULT
LIVER FUNCTION TESTS