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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Acute Liver Failure
Transplant Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Rare — a relatively uncommon but serious condition, most frequently caused by drug toxicity or viral hepatitis
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Transplant Surgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by acetaminophen overdose
- 2either accidental or intentional
- 3as well as viral hepatitis infections
- 4certain prescription and herbal medications
- 5toxin exposure such as from poisonous mushrooms
- 6and autoimmune liver disease. Rarely
- 7conditions such as acute fatty liver of pregnancy or Wilson's disease can precipitate acute liver failure. The rapid
- 8widespread death of liver cells overwhelms the organ's regenerative capacity.
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