Stanley Sabin, JOHN A. MERRITT
Abstract
Three patients with proved active fatty nutritional cirrhosis were treated with plasma exchange after at least 72 hr of refractory hepatic coma. In each case coma cleared after this treatment. The role of plasma exchange in hepatic coma is discussed.
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Three patients with proved active fatty nutritional cirrhosis were treated with plasma exchange after at least 72 hr of refractory hepatic coma. In each case coma cleared after this treatment. The role of plasma exchange in hepatic coma is discussed.
Key concepts: Plasmapheresis, Hepatic coma, Coma (optics), Medicine, Clearance, Cirrhosis, Refractory (planetary science), Therapeutic plasma exchange