Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2022 Jul;48(7):958-962.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06765-3. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

Outbreak of hepatitis in children: clinical course of children with acute liver failure admitted to the intensive care unit

Akash Deep #  1   2 , Tassos Grammatikopoulos  3   4 , Nigel Heaton  5 , Anita Verma  6 , Anil Dhawan #  7
Affiliations

Outbreak of hepatitis in children: clinical course of children with acute liver failure admitted to the intensive care unit

Akash Deep et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

AkD is the Chair of Scientific Affairs of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC). AnD is a recipient of a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) i4i grant to develop treatment for ALF with alginate microbead embedded hepatocytes and a Medical Research Council (MRC) grant for a first in human clinical trial of alginate embedded human hepatocytes as treatment for ALF (MRC MR/V038583/1), has been paid by Ambys and J and J for consultation, has a patent pending approval for alginate microbead manufacturing. TG is a consultant for Albireo. None of the other authors declare any conflict of interest.

References

    1. United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (2022) Increase in acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children. UKHSA, London; 8 Apr. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hepatitis-increase-in-acute-c.... Accessed 11 May
    1. United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (2022) Increase in acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children. UKHSA, London; 25 Apr. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa.... Accessed 11 May
    1. Brodin P, Arditi M. Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-Cov2 superantigens. Lancet. 2022 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00166-2. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Deep A, Stewart CE, Dhawan A, Douiri A. Effect of continuous renal replacement therapy on outcome in acute liver failure. Crit Care Med. 2016;44(10):1910–1919. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001826. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Hunt A, Tasker RC, Deep A. Neurocritical care monitoring of encephalopathic children with acute liver failure: a systematic review. Pediatr Transplant. 2019;23(7):e13556. doi: 10.1111/petr.13556. - DOI - PubMed