Acute liver failure due to non-exertional heatstroke after sauna
Erarslan E, Yüksel I, Haznedaroglu S
Annals of hepatology · 8 citations
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- Design
- Case report (indexed by PubMed)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-01-01 · Ann Hepatol · vol. 11 · issue 1 · pp. 138–142
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 10 citations · more than 66% of similar papers · 0.5× the field average
- References
- 46 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- Heatstroke, Medicine, Liver transplantation, Liver disease, Liver function, Liver failure, Internal medicine, Liver function tests, Gastroenterology, Transplantation, Intensive care medicine
- MeSH
- humans, liver failure, acute, heat stroke, steam bath, liver transplantation, fatal outcome, middle aged, male, physical exertion
3 authors
- Elife Erarslan · corresponding
- İlhami Yüksel
- Serap Haznedaroğ lu
Abstract
Acute liver failure is defined as rapid loss of liver function that patients without previously recognized liver disease sustain a liver damage. Acute liver failure due to non-exertional heatstroke has rarely been reported. We reported here an unusual case of heat stroke induced acute liver failure (ALF) after sauna. A 63 year old man without previously recognized liver and other systemic disease was admitted for loss of consciousness and impaired liver function after sauna. Despite intensive supportive care, ALF developed. Liver transplantation was planned but the patient died on the sixth day of hospitalization. Non-exertional heatstroke induced ALF is a rare and serious condition. ALF caused by non-exertional heatstroke which requires liver transplantation for definitive solution should be kept in mind in early period.
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