Table 1.
Age, etiology and outcome of the 29 cases of acute and subacute hepatic failure
| Patient | Age (yr) | Diagnosisa | Type of hepatic failureb |
Days in comac |
Outcomed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | Non-A, non-B | S | 0 | A, T |
| 2 | 20 | HBV | A | 3 | D, N |
| 3 | 50 | HBV | A | 0 | D, N |
| 4 | 26 | HBV | A | 0 | A, T |
| 5 | 30 | HBV | A | 0 | D, N |
| 6 | 51 | Non-A, non-B | S | 0 | D, N |
| 7 | 26 | HAV | S | 4 | D, N |
| 8 | 29 | HAV | S | 0 | D, N |
| 9 | 21 | Non-A, non-B | S | 0 | A, T |
| 10 | 46 | HBV | S | 0 | D, N |
| 11 | 16 | Wilson’s | A | 2 | D, T |
| 12 | 16 | Wilson’s | A | 4 | A, T |
| 13 | 31 | Wilson’s | A | 2 | D, N |
| 14 | 25 | Wilson’s | s | 1 | A, T |
| 15 | 21 | Wilson’s | S | 0 | D, N |
| 16 | 27 | Wilson’s | S | 0 | D, N |
| 17 | 20 | Wilson’s | A | 0 | D, T |
| 18 | 32 | Wilson’s | A | 0 | A, N |
| 19 | 21 | Wilson’s | A | 0 | A, T |
| 20 | 33 | Gold | A | 7 | D, T |
| 21 | 51 | Halothane | A | 4 | A, N |
| 22 | 27 | Nitropropane | S | 4 | D, T |
| 23 | 49 | Cimetidine | A | 0 | D, N |
| 24 | 24 | Nitropropane | S | 0 | D, T |
| 25 | 32 | Disulfiram | A | 5 | D, N |
| 26 | 38 | α-Methyldopa | A | 2 | D, N |
| 27 | 17 | Acetaminophen | A | 0 | A, N |
| 28 | 22 | Non-A, non-B | S | 0 | A, T |
| 29 | 17 | Phenytoin | S | 0 | D, T |
| Mean ± S.E. | 27.5 ± 2.2 |
a
Non-A, non-B = non-A, non-B hepatitis; HBV = hepatitis B virus; HAV = hepatitis A virus.
b
S = subacute; A = acute.
c
Values: 0 = <12 hr = 0 days; 1 = >12 but <36 hr = 1 day; 2 = >36 but <60 hr = 2 days; 3 = >60 but <84 hr = 3 days; and 4 = >84 but <108 hr = 4 days.
d
A = alive; T = transplanted; D = dead; and N = not transplanted.