eISSN: 2077-9135 / ISSN: 1681-5491
Register
Login
Medical Channel Journal
2022, Volume 18, Issue 1 : 37-40
Research Article
Role of N-Acetylcystiene in acute hepatic failure
 ,
 ,
Abstract

Introduction: Acute liver failure (ALF) may be fulminant. Fulminant hepatic failure is characterized by the development of hepatic encephalopathy within 8 weeks after the onset of acute liver disease. Coagulopathy is invariably present. A thiol-containing agent, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) scavenges free radicals of oxygen and nitrogen. Its use in Non acetaminophen induced (NAI) ALF is still not being used as regular practice due to variable results of studies. This study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of NAC in NAI-ALF patients in terms of their early recovery, ICU stay and safety index of the drug. Methods: A cross- sectional prospective study was done in two private hospitals from March 2007 to February 2008. Group I included patients with NAC and conventional treatment and Group II consisted of conventional treatment only. Results: Total of 55 patients with acute hepatic failure without drug intoxication were admitted during the study period. They were randomly divided into two groups. Out of 55 patients, 30 were in Group I and 25 were in Group II. In Group I out of 30 patients 3 died with a success of treatment in 90.0% cases and in group II out of 25 patients 4 died with the success rate of 84%. Conclusion: Role of N-Acetylcysteine in Acute Hepatic Failure is encouraging. Therefore it is recommended that patients with acute hepatic failure may preferably be given NAC along with conventional treatment rather than treating them with conventional regimen alone.

Keywords
License
Copyright (c) Medical Channel Journal
Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All papers should be submitted electronically. All submitted manuscripts must be original work that is not under submission at another journal or under consideration for publication in another form, such as a monograph or chapter of a book. Authors of submitted papers are obligated not to submit their paper for publication elsewhere until an editorial decision is rendered on their submission. Further, authors of accepted papers are prohibited from publishing the results in other publications that appear before the paper is published in the Journal unless they receive approval for doing so from the Editor-In-Chief.
Med. Channel J. open access articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This license lets the audience to give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made and if they remix, transform, or build upon the material, they must distribute contributions under the same license as the original.
Recommended Articles
A qualitative study: Regarding awareness about pre-marital healthcare and counseling among undergraduate students of karachi
18-22
Efficacy of fnacin breast lump evaluation - a revisit at tertiary care hospital
85-87
Protective role of vitamin c on proximal convoluted tubules of albino rats in streptozotocin induced diabetes
28-32
Pattern of snake bite at chandka medical college hospital Larkana
24-27
Medical Channel Journal
support@medicalchanneljournal.pk
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Open Access Publication.
Copyright © ©Medical Channel Journal. All rights reserved.