Giris ve Amaç: Fulminan karaciger yetmezligi, karaciger fonksiyonlari normal olan kisilerde sentez fonksiyonlarinin aniden bozuldugu ve ensefalopati ile seyreden ciddi ve akut karaciger hasari olup ülkemizdeki olgularda en sik sebep viral hepatitlerdir. Bu çalismada, klinigimizde iz- ledigimiz viral hepatitli olgular içinde fulminan seyir gösteren olgular irdelenmistir.
Background and Aims: Fulminant hepatic failure, a severe and acute hepatic injury that manifests as a sudden impairment of hepatic synthetic functions and progresses accompanied with encephalopathy in patients with normal hepatic functions, is most commonly caused by viral hepatitis in Turkey. This study analyzed patients with a fulminant clinical course of viral hepatitis followed up in our clinic.