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Vasopressin in esophageal varices - Reduces portal hypertension (ran at high doses of 0.4-1) -Watch with CAD patients!! What is the most common cause of acute hepatic failure? - DILI (drug-induced)- most commonly by acetaminophen Why would you watch for sepsis in a hepatic failure patient? - Ba...

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CCRN: Liver Failure
Vasopressin in esophageal varices - Reduces portal hypertension (ran at high doses of 0.4-1)

-Watch with CAD patients!!



What is the most common cause of acute hepatic failure? - DILI (drug-induced)- most commonly
by acetaminophen



Why would you watch for sepsis in a hepatic failure patient? - Bacteria can enter the blood stream
from ascites/GI tract



What is one of the key clinical differences between acute and chronic hepatic failure? - Acute
there will not be portal hypertension

Labs indicative of acute hepatic failure:

1.) Bilirubin will be ___ x normal range along with jaundice

2.) Aminotransferase ___ x normal range

^ Presence of these = poor prognosis with 10-50% mortality without transplant - 1.) 2 x

2.) 3 x



In event of acetaminophen overdose the reversal agent is - N Acetylcysteine (Mucomyst)



What happens to the liver in chronic hepatic failure? - -Hepatic parenchymal

cells destroyed,

replaced with fibrotic

tissue

-Constriction of blood

flow leads to portal

hypertension

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