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21. Risk of unintentional overdose with non-prescription acetaminophen products. | PSNet
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    January 22, 2014 - Overdose of acetaminophen—a commonly used over-the-counter medication—is the leading cause of acute liver … An AHRQ WebM&M commentary discusses a case of liver injury caused by incorrect dosing of acetaminophen

22. The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication | PSNet
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    August 01, 2012 - Unaware that the PEG tube was malpositioned through the liver, the surgeon attending clinic that day … Liver 4 , 10 , 13-15 , 21-25 or spleen injury 20 are exceedingly rare complications of PEG placement … Liver injury during PEG tube placement: report of two cases. … PEG placement causing liver perforation. … A PEG tube through the liver.

23. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 25, 2019 - Laboratory tests revealed a high white blood cell count and mild elevation of his bilirubin and liver … mildly thickened gallbladder wall but no definitive evidence of gallstones, acute cholecystitis, or liver … His bilirubin and liver enzymes remained elevated. … Results showed that the patient had a 6 cm abscess adjacent to the liver, likely arising from an acutely … Gut Liver. 2012;6:172-187. [go to PubMed] 4. Mou D, Tesfasilassie T, Hirji S, Ashley SW.

24. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 29, 2023 - CT scan from 24 days earlier and noted (for the first time) that the gastrostomy tube traversed the liver … Unaware that the PEG tube was malpositioned through the liver, the surgeon attending clinic that day … Liver injury during PEG tube placement: report of two cases. … PEG placement causing liver perforation. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2009;43(4):385. [Available at] 23. … A PEG tube through the liver. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009;104(5):1323-1324. [ Available at] 24.

25. Supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen among hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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    February 14, 2017 - Overdose of the commonly used over-the-counter analgesic acetaminophen can lead to serious liver toxicity … more than the recommended daily dose of the drug, with elderly patients and patients with preexisting liver

26. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 28, 2023 - This report describes the errors that contributed to failed transplants and patient deaths at one liver

27. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - The hospitalist looks the patient over: There are the expected signs of liver disease—spidery blood … looking at the same head computed tomography for "mass effect" or two pathologists looking at the same liver … biopsy for "alcoholic liver disease … Until this culture changes, constrictive pericarditis will continue to be misdiagnosed as liver disease

28. Spotlight
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    January 01, 2025 - Liver function tests were normal except for an elevated total bilirubin of 2.4, which was mostly indirect … Abdominal ultrasound showed fatty liver, mild ascites, and gallbladder sludge without gallstones. … somehow associated it with symptomatic cholelithiasis Because this patient had no history of ascites or liver … Ascites, or free intraperitoneal fluid, is abnormal in patients without a history of liver disease. … Liver Res. 2018;2(4):186-199. [Free full text] Duron JJ, Silva NJ, du Montcel ST, et al.

29. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - diphosphate (UDP) glucuronosyltransferase, the enzyme responsible for conjugating bilirubin in the liver … Prenatally, fetal bilirubin crosses the placenta and is conjugated by the mother's liver and excreted … due in part to raised enterohepatic circulation, in which bilirubin that has been conjugated in the liver

30. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2007 - myeloproliferative disorder, or myelotoxic medications Prothrombin time (PT) History of bleeding diathesis, chronic liver … disease, major surgery, medications that may affect renal function Glucose Obesity or known diabetes Liver … There was massive tumor burden along the peritoneum and adjacent to stomach, liver, and bowels. … preoperative test, but result was markedly elevated prior to surgery Suspect cancer (pancreatic, biliary, liver

31. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 09, 2015 - mode and effect analysis to study handoffs between the operating room and the intensive care unit for liver

32. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 26, 2025 - Liver function tests were normal except for an elevated total bilirubin of 2.4, which was mostly indirect … Abdominal ultrasound showed fatty liver, mild ascites, and gallbladder sludge without gallstones. … Because this patient had no history of ascites or liver disease, the clinician should have pursued additional … Ascites, or free intraperitoneal fluid, is abnormal in patients without a history of liver disease. … Liver Res. 2018;2(4):186-199. [Free full text] 10. Duron JJ, Silva NJ, du Montcel ST, et al.

33. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 02, 2019 - deep vein thrombosis.(7) In addition, her renal function was normal and she had no known history of liver … diuretics, or any diuretics for that matter, in treating edema of causes other than heart failure, liver … sodium), female gender (possibly due to lower muscle mass), specific medical conditions (heart failure, liver

34. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2007 - There was massive tumor burden along the peritoneum and adjacent to stomach, liver, and bowels. … In an elderly man, cancer (pancreatic, biliary, liver, or metastatic disease to liver) would be the … Do you have liver disease? Yes 13. Have you ever been diagnosed with heart failure? Yes 14. … myelotoxic medications Prothrombin time (PT) 0.0 0.0 1.01 History of bleeding diathesis, chronic liver … surgery, medications that may affect renal function Glucose 0.5 1.6 0.85 Obesity or known diabetes Liver

35. Misdiagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction in the Setting of Previous Abdominal Operations | PSNet
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    September 27, 2023 - Liver function tests were normal except for an elevated total bilirubin of 2.4, which was mostly indirect … Abdominal ultrasound showed fatty liver, mild ascites, and gallbladder sludge without gallstones. … Because this patient had no history of ascites or liver disease, the clinician should have pursued additional … Ascites, or free intraperitoneal fluid, is abnormal in patients without a history of liver disease. … Liver Res . 2018;2(4):186-199. [ Free full text ] Duron JJ, Silva NJ, du Montcel ST, et al.

36. Beeline to Spine | PSNet
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    March 01, 2014 - There was massive tumor burden along the peritoneum and adjacent to stomach, liver, and bowels. … In an elderly man, cancer (pancreatic, biliary, liver, or metastatic disease to liver) would be the most … Do you have liver disease? Yes 13. Have you ever been diagnosed with heart failure? … medications Prothrombin time (PT) 0.0 0.0 1.01 History of bleeding diathesis, chronic liver … medications that may affect renal function Glucose 0.5 1.6 0.85 Obesity or known diabetes Liver

37. Late Anemia Following Rh Disease in a Newborn | PSNet
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    June 17, 2010 - diphosphate (UDP) glucuronosyltransferase, the enzyme responsible for conjugating bilirubin in the liver … Prenatally, fetal bilirubin crosses the placenta and is conjugated by the mother's liver and excreted … due in part to raised enterohepatic circulation, in which bilirubin that has been conjugated in the liver

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 20, 2018 - appropriate dosing of acetaminophen, a commonly used nonprescription medication that can cause acute liver

39. Inside the preventable deaths that happened within a prominent transplant center. | PSNet
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    May 02, 2018 - This report describes the errors that contributed to failed transplants and patient deaths at one liver

40. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2018 - look at the right upper quadrant and I don't see a gallstone but I miss a metastatic lesion to the liver … Let's say you are teaching a student to palpate for the liver edge. … One will be using the ultrasound and capture an image just below the liver edge. … They will ask the patient to take a deep breath, down comes the liver, and hits the examiner's fingers … Ultrasound can be used to improve palpation of the liver, percussion of the lung, listening to the heart