A STUDY ON ETIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE

Abstract

Introduction: In the present study, etiology, important clinical features, management and outcome of acute liver failure in children admitted in\nPediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of BURDWAN MEDICALCOLLEGE, WB are studied.\nAims and objectives:To study different clinical features among those children having acute liver failure.\nI. To study the management and outcome of those children with acute liver failure in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.\nMaterial and methods: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of BURDWAN MEDICALCOLLEGE, WB. 1 Year [December 2019 to November 2020].\nPatients from 3months of age to 12years of age are eligible for enrolment if they meet the following criteria.\nConclusion: Present study showed that cerebral edema was signi\uf001cantly associated with mortality whereas AKI and spontaneous bacterial\nperitonitis were not signi\uf001cantly related with mortality. Mean TSB and Prothrobin Time were higher but mean serum albumin was lower in those\ncases that had died.