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Hematuria

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Definition

Hepatic means "pertaining to the liver". For example, hepatitis is inflammation of the liver.

Liver disorders are sometimes marked by jaundice, a yellowish coloration to the whites of the eyes and skin.

SDS Relevance

Certain chemicals are hepatotoxins (toxic to the liver), usually as a result of chronic exposure. One example is carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄). Other chemicals can cause liver cancer; see Further Reading below for multiple examples.

Know which chemicals present chronic hazards and minimize your exposure to them through proper engineering controls, substitution for safer chemcials, and personal protective equipment.

Further Reading

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• The American Liver Foundation for info about all liver disorders, clinical trials and more.
• Liver Diseases at the U of Maryland.
• Hepatic and Biliary Disorders at the Merck Manual Professional version.
• Assessment of Hepatic Function at OzEmedicine.com.
• Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Outbreak of Occupational Hepatitis -- Connecticut, a CDC MMWR report.
• You can search for chemicals that cause hepatic damage at Haz-Map.
• Toxic hepatitis at MayoClinic.com.
• Toxic hepatitis in occupational exposure to solvents from World J Gastroenterol 2012, 18(22), 2756-2766.
• Hepatocellular carcinoma and the risk of occupational exposure from World J Gastroenterol 2016, 8(13), 573-590.
• Acute liver failure caused by occupational exposure to HCFC-123 from Medicine 2019, 98(9), e14522.
• EASL Clinical Practice Guideline: Occupational liver diseases from J of Hepatology 2019, 71(5), 1022-1037.

See also: chronic effect, jaundice, sclera.

Additional definitions from Google and OneLook.

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