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Right-sided heart failure can cause venous insufficiency through the portal hepatic system, decreasing blood flow to the liver.

This causes chronic liver failure instead of acute liver failure.
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Right-sided heart failure
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Autoimmune hepatitis is a condition where the body's immune system attacks its own liver.

This is a cause of chronic liver failure, instead of acute liver failure.

Acute liver failure is most likely to be caused by toxins, or viral hepatitis.
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Autoimmune hepatitis
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a gradual buildup of fat around the liver, not due to alcohol.

This is a gradual process and is therefore a cause for chronic liver failure, not acute liver failure.
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1aT) deficiency is a condition where the liver is unable to make normal A1aT, a protein that helps protect your lungs. Instead, it produces a faulty A1aT, which builds up in the liver and causes damage. This is a gradual process and would result in chronic liver failure.
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
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Paracetamol overdose is responsible for almost 66% of acute liver failure cases in the United Kingdom. These can be both intentional, or unintentional overdoses.

Paracetamol is hepatotoxic, disrupting the liver cells' ability to function. An overdose can therefore push someone into liver failure, where the liver is unable to function normally.
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Paracetamol Overdose
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Liver Failure
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Gastroenterology
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A 35-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and is jaundiced. She is diagnosed with acute liver failure.

Which of the following can be a cause of acute liver failure?
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