Risk Factors for Hypoxic Liver Injury

 

Risk factors for hypoxic liver injury:

(1) hypoperfusion of the liver due shock (hemorrhagic, septic, cardiac, other)

(2) hypoperfusion of the liver due to obstruction of portal vein, hepatic vein and/or hepatic artery

(3) hypoxemia secondary to profound anemia, chronic lung disease or carbon monoxide poisoning

(4) heat stroke

(5) cocaine abuse or ergotamine poisoning

(6) cardiac disease with severe right-sided heart failure and/or low cardiac output, including bacterial endocarditis and cardiac arrhythmias

(7) cirrhosis

(8) sickle cell anemia