A case of acute hepatic insufficiency treated with novel plasmapheresis plasma diafiltration for bridge use until liver transplantation

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 463-466

  Mori, Tsuyoshi ^a   Eguchi, Yutaka ^a   Shimizu, Tomoharu ^a   Endo, Yoshihiro ^a   Yoshioka, Toyokazu ^a   Hanasawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tani, Tohru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge use; Fresh frozen plasma; Hemodiafiltration; Hepatic insufficiency; Liver transplantation; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAFILTRATION; DIALYSATE; FEMALE; HEPATIC COMA; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 18744370721     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2002.00468.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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