What is acute liver injury/failure?

Written By: user Dr. KK Aggarwal
Published On: 04 Nov, 2021 7:02 PM | Updated On: 10 Oct, 2024 1:04 PM

What is acute liver injury/failure?

The video will explain about acute liver injury/failure by Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks. Acute liver injury is characterized by acute hepatocellular injury with liver tests more than 10 times than the upper limit. The SGOT and SGPT levels might be more than 200. In such patients, prothrombin time is also checked whether it is prolonged.

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Dr. KK Aggarwal

Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He was the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He was also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus

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