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- 3. Mnemonic used to remember causes of HAGMA
- 6. Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated infection response
- 7. Procedure used for refractory ascites or variceal bleeding
- 12. Clotting abnormality that is a defining feature of acute liver failure
- 15. Prominent ECG finding seen in hypokalaemia
- 16. Neurotoxin that accumulates in liver failure and crosses the blood-brain barrier
- 19. Successful depolarisation of cardiac tissue following a pacing stimulus
- 20. Anticoagulant protein synthesised by the liver, reduced in ALF
- 23. Infection type seen in Type I necrotising fasciitis
- 25. Compound formed when ammonia is metabolised in astrocytes, causing cerebral swelling
- 26. Soft tissue infection characterised by rapid necrosis along fascial planes
- 27. Cerebral swelling caused by glutamine accumulation in astrocytes
- 28. Scarring process that progresses to cirrhosis in chronic liver disease
- 29. Metabolic marker of tissue hypoperfusion and anaerobic metabolism
- 30. Fluid that accumulates in the abdomen in chronic liver failure
- 32. Death of liver tissue that triggers the ALF cascade
- 33. Anion subtracted alongside bicarbonate in the anion gap formula
- 34. Normal waste product the liver produces from ammonia breakdown
- 37. Brain dysfunction caused by accumulation of neurotoxins in liver failure
- 38. First-line vasopressor in Australian ICUs for ALF
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- 1. Medication used to reduce ammonia absorption in encephalopathy
- 2. Blood sugar that drops dangerously when the liver fails
- 4. Phase of the cardiac action potential where potassium moves out of the cell
- 5. Metabolic disturbance caused by lactate accumulation in liver failure
- 8. Hormone used to shift potassium into cells during hyperkalaemia
- 9. Deep, laboured breathing seen in metabolic acidosis
- 10. Score used to quantify organ dysfunction in sepsis
- 11. Yellowing used as the starting point in the O'Grady classification
- 13. First ECG sign of hyperkalaemia
- 14. Waste product normally converted to urea by a healthy liver
- 17. End-stage scarring of the liver from chronic damage
- 18. Pacing mode used for temporary transvenous pacing
- 21. Buffer depleted as acids accumulate in metabolic acidosis
- 22. Renal replacement used to remove potassium and correct uraemic acidosis
- 23. Most common cause of acute liver failure in Australia
- 24. Electrolyte given as gluconate to stabilise cardiac membranes in hyperkalaemia
- 30. Brain cells where ammonia is metabolised to glutamine
- 31. Beta-2 agonist that shifts potassium intracellularly as a side effect
- 35. Electrolyte shifted by insulin, salbutamol, and acidosis
- 36. O'Grady classification where jaundice to encephalopathy occurs within 7 days