Acute liver failure: What is it?

health communication what it is and what is not

D-Galactosamine Intoxication in Experimental Animals: Is it Only an Experimental Model of Acute Liver Failure?

BACKGROUND Short-term administration of Galactosamine to experimental animals causes liver damage and acute liver failure (ALF), as well as acute renal failure in some cases. The aim of our study was to describe kidney disorders that developed in the course of galactosamine-induced liver failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: a study group admin...

Acute liver failure; what is different in Turkey and some remarks.

In USA and Britain, medications, mainly paracetamol, constitute the most important cause of acute liver failure (2). In contrast, viral hepatitis is the first cause of acute liver failure in Turkey. Hepatitis A in the pediatric group and hepatitis B in adults are noteworthy. It can be easily said that the achievement of hepatitis vaccination programme in Turkey will lead to a significant reduct...

SOAP: What Is It and What Is It Good For?

Patrick Thompson is Director of Architecture at Rogue Wave Software, where he has been involved with SOAP bridging products and in exploring the uses of SOAP and XML protocols for the past year and a half. He is on the W3C XML Protocols working group and is involved in the OMG ́s CORBA/SOAP mapping work. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and is coauthor of the popular book The Elements...

Understanding Heritability: What it is and What it is Not

Copy Abstract: Commentators generally found our exposition of the concept of heritability helpful for psychologists, suggesting that we largely accomplished our primary goal. Many provided supplemental and helpful perspectives on concepts we addressed. A few of the comments indicated that we may not have been completely successful in making clear our secondary goal, which was to outline how her...