Epidemiology, causes, evolution and outcome in a single-center cohort of 1116 critically ill patients with hypoxic hepatitis

Abstract Background Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) is a type of acute hepatic injury that is histologically characterized by centrilobular liver cell necrosis and that is caused by insufficient oxygen delivery to the hepatocytes. Typical for HH is the sudden and significant increase of aspartate aminotransf...

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Main Authors: Astrid Van den broecke, Laura Van Coile, Alexander Decruyenaere, Kirsten Colpaert, Dominique Benoit, Hans Van Vlierberghe, Johan Decruyenaere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-018-0356-z