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Table 1 The etiologies of 3171 patients with liver failure

From: Changing etiologies and outcome of liver failure in Southwest China

Etiologies

Frequency (%)

Etiologies

Frequency (%)

HBV

2906

(91.64 %)

Hyperthyroidism

21

(0.66 %)

HEV

102

(3.22 %)

Tumor

21

(0.66 %)

HDV

74

(2.33 %)

AIH

19

(0.60 %)

HAV

27

(0.85 %)

Pregnancy

16

(0.50 %)

HCV

23

(0.73 %)

Acute pancreatitis

10

(0.32 %)

HIV

12

(0.38 %)

AFLP

8

(0.25 %)

CMVa

3

 

Wilson’s disease

6

(0.19 %)

EBVa

2

 

Schistosomiasis japonica

2

(0.06 %)

HSVa

2

 

Septic cholangitis

2

(0.06 %)

Alcohol

573

(18.07 %)

Indeterminate

85

(2.68 %)

Medicinal factor

452

(14.25 %)

   

 Drugsb

171

(5.39 %)

   

 Withdrawal of NUCs

164

(5.17 %)

   

 Steroids use

63

(1.99 %)

   

 Resistance to NUCs

37

(1.17 %)

   

 IFN therapy

12

(0.38 %)

   

 Surgery

7

(0.22 %)

   
  1. aOnly patients who were negative for HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV and HEV were tested for serum IgM antibody of cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV). bincluded 2 cases of steroids use