Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases

Cerebral injury may persist and brain death may occur following an emergency liver transplantation (LT) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) even if the graft functions well. We herein present two patients developing brain death following emergency LT for FHF. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Akoglu M, Sürm...

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Autores principales: Akoglu, Musa, Sürmelioglu, Ali, Ozer, Ilter, Ercan, Metin, Ulas, Murat, Akdogan, Meral, Birol Bostanci, Erdal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5578526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201692
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1135
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author Akoglu, Musa
Sürmelioglu, Ali
Ozer, Ilter
Ercan, Metin
Ulas, Murat
Akdogan, Meral
Birol Bostanci, Erdal
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description Cerebral injury may persist and brain death may occur following an emergency liver transplantation (LT) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) even if the graft functions well. We herein present two patients developing brain death following emergency LT for FHF. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Akoglu M, Sürmelioglu A, Ozer I, Ercan M, Ulas M, Akdogan M, Bostanci EB. Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2015;5(1):62-64.
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spelling pubmed-55785262017-11-30 Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases Akoglu, Musa Sürmelioglu, Ali Ozer, Ilter Ercan, Metin Ulas, Murat Akdogan, Meral Birol Bostanci, Erdal Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol Case Report Cerebral injury may persist and brain death may occur following an emergency liver transplantation (LT) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) even if the graft functions well. We herein present two patients developing brain death following emergency LT for FHF. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Akoglu M, Sürmelioglu A, Ozer I, Ercan M, Ulas M, Akdogan M, Bostanci EB. Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2015;5(1):62-64. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015 2015-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5578526/ /pubmed/29201692 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1135 Text en Copyright © 2015; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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title_fullStr Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases
title_short Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases
title_sort brain death after liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure: a report of two cases
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