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Therapeutic plasma exchange does not reduce vasopressor requirement in severe acute liver failure: a retrospective case series

BACKGROUND: In acute liver failure (ALF) therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) improves laboratory measures of liver function. In patients with ALF requiring minimal vasoactive support TPE has also been shown to provide haemodynamic benefits including an increase in systemic blood pressure. However the...

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Autores principales: Wiersema, Ubbo F, Kim, Susan W, Roxby, David, Holt, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4359494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0017-9