PART 14: Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
SECTION 2 Liver and Biliary Tract Disease
305 Toxic and Drug-Induced Hepatitis
![]() | Figure 305-1 Potential mechanisms of drug-induced liver injury. The normal hepatocyte may be affected adversely by drugs through A. disruption of intracellular calcium homeostasis that leads to the disassembly of actin fibrils at the surface of the hepatocyte, resulting in... |
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![]() | Figure 305-2 Nomogram to define risk of acetaminophen hepatotoxicity according to initial plasma acetaminophen concentration. (After BH Rumack, H Matthew: Pediatrics 55:871, 1975.) |
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