| Literature DB >> 24135945 |
Pan Zhao1, Chunya Wang, Weiwei Liu.
Abstract
Till date, comparison of clinical characteristics in acute liver failure (ALF) between adults and children has not been performed. In this study, authors retrospectively collected data on adult acute liver failure (AALF) and pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) in seven hospitals in different areas of China from January 2007 through December 2012. A total of 177 AALF cases and 32 PALF cases were eventually included. Several vital clinical variables were significantly different between AALF and PALF, including serum alkaline phosphatase, serum creatinine, serum urea nitrogen, serum lactate dehydrogenase, platelet count, prothrombin activity, international normalized ratio and blood ammonia. It is concluded that experience from AALF could not be proper for PALF.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24135945 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1262-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN: 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967