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HEPATIC FAILURE [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

[The] loss of liver function that occurs rapidly — in days or weeks — usually in a person who has no pre-existing liver disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Syndrome qui est la conséquence d'une altération rapide (de quelques jours à quelques semaines) et majeure des principales fonctions hépatiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

The inability of the liver to function effectively, evidenced by severe jaundice, impaired mental functioning, and coma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
OBS

Liver failure may develop rapidly over days or weeks (acute) or gradually over months or years (chronic).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
CONT

Fulminant liver failure occurs when the vital functions of the liver fail, including the development of a coagulopathy, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoproteinemia, and encephalopathy. Liver failure can develop acutely, or it may be chronically progressive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
OBS

On parle d'insuffisance hépatique fulminante ou subfulminante lorsqu'il existe une encéphalopathie : si celle-ci apparaît moins de 2 semaines après le début de l'ictère, il s'agit d'une insuffisance hépatique fulminante, si elle survient entre 2 semaines et 3 mois après l'apparition de l'ictère, on parle alors d'insuffisance hépatique subfulminante […]

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
OBS

… defined by an interval from the onset of jaundice to the development of hepatic encephalopathy between 2 and 12 weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
OBS

On parle d'insuffisance hépatique fulminante ou subfulminante lorsqu'il existe une encéphalopathie : si celle-ci apparaît moins de 2 semaines après le début de l'ictère, il s'agit d'une insuffisance hépatique fulminante, si elle survient entre 2 semaines et 3 mois après l'apparition de l'ictère, on parle alors d'insuffisance hépatique subfulminante […]

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Any disease of the brain.

CONT

The diagnosis of fulminant hepatic failure requires the presence of encephalopathy in a patient with severe, acute liver disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Affection de l'encéphale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
DEF

Enfermedad [...] que consiste en la degeneración del tejido cerebral; sus principales manifestaciones o síntomas son pérdida progresiva de la memoria, alteraciones del estado de alerta, convulsiones, cefalea, falta de retención e interés.

CONT

Los pacientes afectados con encefalopatía a menudo presentan alteraciones psíquicas, conductuales y anímicas [...]

OBS

Disfunción cerebral que puede ser provocada por varios factores, como efectos directos sobre el tejido cerebral y otros factores químicos, farmacológicos y metabólicos.

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Record 7 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

... tending to the development of cirrhosis.

OBS

cirrhosis : The endstage liver disease characterized by diffuse damage to hepatic parenchymal cells, with nodular regeneration, fibrosis, and disturbance of normal architecture; associated with failure in the function of hepatic cells and interference with blood flow in the liver...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Qui favorise une cirrhose.

OBS

cirrhose : [...] affection irréversible et diffuse du foie caractérisée par une fibrose cicatricielle évolutive ou non qui désorganise l'architecture lobulaire normale et la formation de nodules.

PHR

Lésion cirrhogène.

Spanish

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