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- Hospitalize for:
- Inability to maintain oral hydration and nutrition due to nausea, vomiting, and anorexia
- Mental status changes
- Elevated prothrombin time due to acute liver failure
- Azotemia (dehydration vs. hepatorenal syndrome)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Evaluation for liver transplantation
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| Brian J. McMahon, MD, MACP has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Catherine M. Dentinger, FNP, MS has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott. |
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