title: Fulminant hepatic failure and hepatic encephalopathy.
abstract: Fulminant hepatic failure implies either acute massive destruction of liver tissue or another process that causes rapid deterioration in function of a previously normal liver. The diagnosis in children needs to be differentiated from hepatic failure that occurs as a complication of underlying congenital, anatomical, and metabolic abnormalities.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy; D000367:Age Factors; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000628:therapy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000628:therapy