Long-Term Survivors with Artificial Liver Support in Fulminant Hepatic Failure

• Published in: Therapeutic apheresis Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 208 - 212
• Main Authors: Nitta, Masakazu, Hirasawa, Hiroyuki, Oda, Shigeto, Shiga, Hidetoshi, Nakanishi, Kazuya, Matsuda, Kenichi, Nakamura, Masataka, Yokohari, Kennji, Hirano, Takeshi, Hirayama, Yoh, Moriguchi, Takeshi, Watanabe, Eizou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Adult; Artificial liver support; Female; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hemodiafiltration - methods; Hepatic Encephalopathy - physiopathology; Hepatic Encephalopathy - therapy; High-flow dialysate continuous hemodiafiltration; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Intracranial pressure; Liver Failure - physiopathology; Liver Failure - therapy; Liver Regeneration; Liver Transplantation; Liver, Artificial; Long-term survivors; Male; Middle Aged; Plasma Exchange - instrumentation; Slow plasma exchange; Survivors

: Clinical ability of artificial liver support (ALS) has been improved greatly in recent years which has allowed us to encounter long‐term survivors with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) whose liver function has been almost completely lost. This suggests that application of ALS in patients with FHF g...