Template:Acute hepatitis causes
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Causes of acute hepatitis
- Acetaminophen toxicity (most common cause of acute liver failure in the US[1])
- Viral hepatitis
- Acute alcoholic hepatitis
Causes
- Alcoholic hepatitis and other Alcohol-related Liver Disease
Drug or Toxin Related Liver Disease
- Liver damage from drugs or toxins may be cytotoxic from the primary drug or its metabolites, or may be caused by veno-occlusive disease or hypersensitivity disease[2]
- Common Drugs and Toxins
- Acetaminophen
- Amiodarone
- Amphotericin
- Anabolic steroids
- Azathioprine
- Carbamazepine
- Chlorpromazine
- Cisplatin
- Contraceptives
- Cyclophosphamide
- Erythromycin
- Gold salts
- Haloperidol
- Isoniazid
- Ketoconazole
- Lovastatin
- Methotrexate
- Methoxyflurane
- Methyldopa
- Phenobarbital
- Phenytoin
- Quinidine
- Salicylates
- Tetracycline
- Valproic acid
- Verapamil
Other Rare Causes of Acute Liver Failure
- Wilson's disease: unexplained elevations in LFTs, neuro-psychiatric symptoms, Kayser-Fleischer rings on eye exam
- Autoimmune hepatitis: more common in women, liver disease without explanation, may have family history of other autoimmune disorders
- Hemochromatosis: family history of liver disease and cardiac disease
- Budd-Chiari: history of hypercoagulable disorder, abdominal pain, and ascites
- Infections: HSV, Epstein-Barr virus, varicella zoster virus, toxoplasmosis
- ↑ Ostapowicz G, Fontana RJ, Schiodt FV, et al. Results of a prospective study of acute liver failure at 17 tertiary care centers in the United States. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Dec 17; 137(12): 947-54.
- ↑ Oyama, LC: Disorders of the Liver and Biliary Tractin Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. St. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2014, (Ch) 107: p 1186-1204