Distinguishing hypoxic hepatitis from other types of hepatitis can be challenging.
Findings suggesting hypoxic hepatitis:
(1) presence of hypoxic injury in other organs, including acute tubular necrosis that causes an early rise in serum creatinine
(2) an early rapid rise in serum LDH
(3) a ratio of serum ALT to LDH < 1.5
(4) a rapid rise in ALT and AST followed by a rapid decline following appropriate management
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Purpose: To evaluate a patient with acute hepatitis for features seen with hypoxic hepatitis.
Specialty: Gastroenterology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Objective: differential diagnosis and mimics, red flags
ICD-10: K76.1, K73.9,
