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Descriptor English: Hepatic Insufficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Insuficiencia Hepática
Descriptor insuficiencia hepática
Scope note: Afecciones en las que la función del HÍGADO desciende por debajo de los límites normales. La insuficiencia hepática grave puede causar FRACASO HEPÁTICO o la MUERTE. El tratamiento puede incluir el TRASPLANTE HEPÁTICO.Estado en el que la función del HÍGADO desciende por debajo de los límites normales. La insuficiencia hepática grave puede causar FRACASO HEPÁTICO o la MUERTE. El tratamiento puede incluir el TRASPLANTE HEPÁTICO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Insuficiência Hepática
Descriptor French: Insuffisance hépatique
Entry term(s): Insufficiency, Hepatic
Insufficiency, Liver
Liver Insufficiency
Tree number(s): C06.552.308
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D048550
Scope note: Conditions in which the LIVER functions fall below the normal ranges. Severe hepatic insufficiency may cause LIVER FAILURE or DEATH. Treatment may include LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Liver Diseases (1965-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38622
Unique ID: D048550
NLM Classification: WI 712
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Hepatic Insufficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0461663
Scope note Conditions in which the LIVER functions fall below the normal ranges. Severe hepatic insufficiency may cause LIVER FAILURE or DEATH. Treatment may include LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.
Preferred term Hepatic Insufficiency
Entry term(s) Insufficiency, Hepatic
Insufficiency, Liver
Liver Insufficiency



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