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