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{{DX tag | GI | [[:Category: Medical Problem | Medical Problem]] | Fulminant Hepatic Failure | FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE | 40400 | No | 0 | CC & Med | | | }}''Notes: '' | {{DX tag | GI | [[:Category: Medical Problem | Medical Problem]] | Fulminant Hepatic Failure | FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE | [[40400 - Fulminant Hepatic Failure]] | No | 0 | CC & Med | | | }}''Notes: '' | ||
DEFINITION — Fulminant hepatic failure refers to the rapid development of severe liver injury resulting in impaired function and encephalopathy in a person who previously had a normal liver or had well-compensated liver disease. Several definitions of the time course for which liver failure should be considered fulminant have been proposed but are not standard: | DEFINITION — Fulminant hepatic failure refers to the rapid development of severe liver injury resulting in impaired function and encephalopathy in a person who previously had a normal liver or had well-compensated liver disease. Several definitions of the time course for which liver failure should be considered fulminant have been proposed but are not standard: | ||
*The development of encephalopathy within eight weeks of the onset of symptoms in a patient with a previously healthy liver. | *The development of encephalopathy within eight weeks of the onset of symptoms in a patient with a previously healthy liver. | ||