Successful Management of Acute Liver Failure Patients Waiting for Liver Transplantation by On-Line Hemodiafiltration with an Arteriovenous Fistula

On-line hemodiafiltration (OLHDF) is one of the treatment options in the management of acute liver failure (ALF) in Japan. It is essential to avoid infection in the management of ALF. In fact, infection is one of the prognostic factors in ALF. In this report, we present a middle-aged Japanese man wi...

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Autores principales: Haga, Yuki, Yasui, Shin, Kanda, Tatsuo, Hattori, Noriyuki, Wakamatsu, Toru, Nakamura, Masato, Sasaki, Reina, Wu, Shuang, Nakamoto, Shingo, Arai, Makoto, Maruyama, Hitoshi, Ohtsuka, Masayuki, Oda, Shigeto, Miyazaki, Masaru, Yokosuka, Osamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445186
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Sumario:On-line hemodiafiltration (OLHDF) is one of the treatment options in the management of acute liver failure (ALF) in Japan. It is essential to avoid infection in the management of ALF. In fact, infection is one of the prognostic factors in ALF. In this report, we present a middle-aged Japanese man with ALF associated with benzbromarone use. He was successfully managed without infection until liver transplantation by creating an arteriovenous fistula for OLHDF. Utilizing an arteriovenous fistula for OLHDF, rather than inserting a vascular access catheter, is a beneficial option to avoid infectious diseases in the management of ALF.

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