BMJ Open Gastroenterol
January 2022
Background And Aims: SARS-CoV-2 and consequent pandemic has presented unique challenges. Beyond the direct COVID-related mortality in those with liver disease, we sought to determine the effect of lockdown on people with liver disease in Scotland. The effect of lockdown on those with alcohol-related disease is of interest; and whether there were associated implications for a change in alcohol intake and consequent presentations with decompensated disease.
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February 2009
Hepatotoxicity associated with the therapeutic ingestion of the vitamin A metabolite acitretin is well recognized. No reported cases of hepatic dysfunction as a consequence of acitretin overdose are, however, present. Here for the first time we report a case of fulminant hepatic failure following an intentional overdose of 600 mg of acitretin.
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