[Acute liver failure following heat stroke].
Hepatic involvement during heat stroke appears frequently. In some severe and rare cases liver transplantation is needed. We report a case of a 31 years old man, amateur runner, who suffered heat stroke-related acute liver failure, rhabdomyolysis, renal failure and coagulation im-pairment during a marathon. High environmental temperature, exercise duration and height where race took place could be involved. Patient had a favourable course with conservative treatment being discharged in a few days.
Pardo Cabello
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AJ
Servicio de Medicina Interna B, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain. apardoc02@hotmail.com
Benticuaga Martínez
M N
MN
Martín Moreno
A
A
Miras Parra
F J
FJ
Sabio Reyes
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F
D000328:Adult; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male