Hepatic encephalopathy and cerebral blood flow improved by liver dialysis treatment

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-151

  Huang, K W ^a   Chao, A ^a   Chou, N K ^a   Ko, Wen Je ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Cerebral blood flow; Glasgow Coma Scale; Hemo therapies unit; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver dialysis; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMO THERAPY UNIT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES; INITIAL TREATMENT; LIVER DIALYSIS; POST TREATMENT; SAN DIEGO; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

DIALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037591820     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880302600209     Document Type: Article

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