Open AccessAcute liver failure and death predictors in patients with dengue-induced severe hepatitis
Author(s) -
Tongluk Teerasarntipan,
Roongruedee Chaiteerakij,
Piyawat Komolmit,
Pisit Tangkijvanich,
Sombat Treeprasertsuk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i33.4983
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , hepatitis , liver failure , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis c , dengue virus , viral hepatitis , immunology , gastroenterology , virology , virus
Liver injury in patients with dengue infection is common. Most patients have mild and transient hepatitis. Acute liver failure (ALF) in dengue infection is rare but results in an extremely poor prognosis.