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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Drug-Induced Hepatitis in Children: The Experience of a Single Center in Romania.

Irina Dijmărescu, Oana Maria Guță, Livia Elena Brezeanu, Adrian Dumitru Dijmărescu, Cristina Adriana Becheanu, Daniela Păcurar

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Drug-Induced Liver Injury-Pharmacological Spectrum Among Children.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Irina DijmărescuDepartment of Pediatrics, "Grigore Alexandrecu" Emergency Children's Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania.
Oana Maria GuțăDepartment of Pediatrics, "Grigore Alexandrecu" Emergency Children's Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania.
Livia Elena BrezeanuDepartment of Pediatrics, "Grigore Alexandrecu" Emergency Children's Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania.
Adrian Dumitru DijmărescuRadiology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.
Cristina Adriana BecheanuDepartment of Pediatrics, "Grigore Alexandrecu" Emergency Children's Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniela PăcurarDepartment of Pediatrics, "Grigore Alexandrecu" Emergency Children's Hospital, 011743 Bucharest, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROClinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROInstitutul Clinic Fundeni · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is uncommon but potentially lethal. Over 6 years, 2533 children with acute liver disease were identified in our center, 48 of which suffered from toxic hepatitis, and 40 exhibited DILI (22 paracetamol-related, 14 albendazole-related). The most affected children were in the 13-17-year-old age group. The mean time between drug ingestion and disease diagnosis was 25.4 h for paracetamol-related DILI and 21.6 days for the albendazole-related group. Clinical features were mostly gastrointestinal, jaundice being reported in 30% of the cases. Regarding the type of liver injury, for 70% of the patients it was hepatocellular (mostly paracetamol toxicity), for 11% cholestatic, and for 19% mixed (albendazole-related). The mean initial ALT value was 1020 U/L for all DILIs. Coagulopathy was only identified for the acetaminophen-related group. The median number of hospitalization days was 6.9 for DILI related to acetaminophen ingestion, compared with 7 for the idiosyncratic pattern. When applying the DILI severity index, 81% of the patients were categorized as having a mild hepatic ailment, while 19% had a moderate-severe or severe disease. No deaths were reported in the study group. The diagnosis of DILI involves the exclusion of other causes of liver injury; therefore, it is considered one of the most challenging diagnoses in hepatology.

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acute hepatitisalbendazoledrug-induced liver injuryparacetamol

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PMID36010027
PMCPMC9406845
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