📚 Volume 29, Issue 10
📋 ID: 8iyMXBd
Authors
Toru Shizuma
Department of Physiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
Abstract
We report a rare case of severe alcoholic hepatitis complicated by acute kidney injury, upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding, and rhabdomyolysis in a patient with heavy alcohol consumption. A 74-year-old man with heavy alcohol consumption was admitted to our hospital due to general fatigue and jaundice. The serological findings indicated liver and renal failure, anemia, and elevated muscle enzyme level (creatine kinase, 4,865 U/L). The upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy revealed a hemorrhagic gastric ulcer that was treated with an endoscopic hemostatic technique. He was then diagnosed as having severe alcoholic hepatitis with acute kidney injury, upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding, and rhabdomyolysis. He died within 36 h after admission and corticosteroids were not administered. In conclusion, our patient had an early death mainly due to complications, such as AKI, and severity of the underlying liver disease.
📝 How to Cite
Toru Shizuma (2022). "Case of severe alcoholic hepatitis with acute kidney injury, gastrointestinal tract bleeding, and rhabdomyolysis". Wulfenia, 29(10).