Role of infection and exchange transfusion in fulminant hepatic failure
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Date
1993
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Sri Lanka Medical Association
Abstract
We report three patients with fulminant hepatic failure following sepsis managed by exchange transfusion. The literature on the role of infection in the pathogenesis of fulminant liver failure and of exchange transfusions in its management is reviewed.
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Keywords
Hepatic Encephalopathy-microbiology, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal-complications, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatic Encephalopathy-microbiology, Hepatic Encephalopathy-therapy, Plasma Exchange, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal-complications
Citation
The Ceylon Medical Journal. 1993; 38(4): pp.188-190