Therapeutic plasma-exchange improves systemic inflammation and survival in acute-on-chronic liver failure: A propensity-score matched study from AARC.

Rakhi MaiwallMeenu BajpaiAshok K ChoudhuryAnupam Kumar Manoj Kumar Sharma Zhongping DuanChen YuJin-Hua HuHasmik GhazinianQin NingKe MaGuan H LeeSeng G LimSamir ShahChetan KalalAbdulkadir DokmeciGuresh KumarPriyanka JainSamba Siva Rao PasupuletiIrene PaulsonVinay KumarShiv Kumar Sarinnull null

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)

PE improves systemic inflammation and lowers the development of MOF in patients with ACLF. Plasma-exchange provides significant survival benefit over FPSA and could be a preferred modality of liver support for ACLF patients.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
free survival
drug induced
respiratory failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
aortic dissection