Gastroenterology · Pathway 62
Ischaemic Hepatitis
Key points
- Ischaemic hepatitis is a diffuse hepatic injury resulting from acute hypoperfusion (sometimes known as 'shock liver'). It is not an inflammatory process.
- Ischaemic hepatitis is a diffuse hepatic injury resulting from
- acute hypoperfusion (sometimes known as 'shock liver'). It is
- not an inflammatory process. It is diagnosed in the presence
- of an inciting event (in this case a cardiac arrest) and marked