Medical Sciences

  Liver failure: Liver failure itself is not a disease but a consequences of many liver diseases which fails the liver. Liver failure occurs in three clinical scenarios 1.       Acute liver failure 2.       Chronic liver failure 3.       Acute on chronic liver failure ACUTE LIVER FAILURE: DEFINITION: Define as liver disease that produce hepatic encephalopathy within six months of diagnosis. FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE: When encephalopathy develops within 2 weeks of jaundice. SUB-FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE: When encephalopathy develops within 3 months of jaundice.                                                        ...