High prevalence of potentially hepatotoxic herbal supplement use in patients with fulminant hepatic failure

Hypothesis

The use of potentially hepatotoxic herbal and dietary supplements is highly prevalent in the fulminant hepatic failure (fhf) patient population at our institution, and this subgroup of patients has a worse prognosis.

Design

Retrospective case series.

Settings

An adult tertiary care university hospital and a veterans affairs hospital in oregon.

Patients

All patients referred to the liver...