Table 2.
Reference | Age (yr) | Liver injury | Doses (mg) | Latency (mo) | Duration1(wk) |
Levesque[1] | 78 | ALF | 200 | 6 | 2 |
Parys[11] | 65 | ALF | 300 | 12 | 7 |
Parys[11] | 83 | ALF | 300 | 15 | 2 |
Bressollette[16] | 79 | ALF | 300 | 10 | 2 |
Hirsch[14] | 92 | ALF | 100 | 4 | 5 |
Murphy[2] | 73 | ALF | 100 | 4 | Alive |
Lombardi[15] | 84 | ALF | 1 | ||
Friedmann[13] | 81 | ALF | 300 | 6 | 7 |
Friedmann[13] | 66 | ALF | 300 | 2 | 4 |
Giordano[10] | 87 | AH | 300 | Alive | |
Manolakopoulos[9] | 76 | AH | 150 | 7 | Alive |
Savidou | 82 | AH | 200 | 12 | Alive |
Savidou | 83 | AH | 300 | 7 | 6 |
Savidou | 78 | AH | 300 | 3 | Alive |
Mean | 79.1 | 242.3 | 7.3 | 4 | |
Median | 80 | 300 | 6.5 | 4 | |
SD | 7.4 | 81.2 | 4 | 2.3 |
Duration between onset of jaundice and death; ALF: Acute liver failure; AH: Acute hepatitis.