Fatal Hepatic Coma Attributed to Paclitaxel

Fatal asthma attributed to patent foramen ovale.

A 37 year old woman was admitted to the hospital with acute severe asthma, shortly followed by respiratory failure and circulatory arrest. Despite intensive cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, during which extreme arterial hypoxaemia persisted, the patient died. Postmortem examination revealed a patent foramen ovale, with a diameter of 1 cm. A severe right-to-left shunt, initiated by acute pulmonar...

[Fatal coma from obscure causes (phenacetin poisoning)].

Hepatic coma: the electroencephalographic pattern.

Recent advances in our knowledge of the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying sleep and experimental states of coma (1) suggest the need for a neurophysiologic approach to the many complex clinical syndromes associated with disturbance of consciousness. The coma syndrome associated with hepatic disease and usually known as hepatic coma was chosen for investigation since it presents a good exam...

Ammonia Intoxication in Hepatic Coma

Blood ammonia nitrogen was determined in 36 cases of hepatic coma and 63 cases of liver disease. Significant elevations (PL 0.001) were noted in coma due to hepatitis and cirrhosis and the mortality rate was 89% and 9 1.3% respectively. Raised ammonia nitrogen in hepatic coma is a sign of grave prognosis (JPMA 34 : 9, 1984).

The mechanism of hepatic coma.