Acute liver failure and the molecular adsorbents recirculating system: Early experience in a tertiary care hospital in Mexico City

Acute liver failure and the molecular adsorbents recirculating system: Early experience in a tertiary care hospital in Mexico City

Acute liver failure is a clinical condition associated with high mortality despite recent technological advances. Supportive devices such as the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System (MARS®) provide therapeutic strategies to add time to find an organ for orthotopic liver transplantation or to al...

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Main Authors: Nahum Mendez-Sanchez, Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia, Beatriz Espinoza, Magali Herrera-Gomar, Daniel Zamora-Valdes, Misael Uribe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-10-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Liver failure
cholestasis
molecular adsorbents recirculating system
Epstein-Barr virus
hypokalemia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119320964

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