Treatment of severe hepatitis by plasma exchange
- VernacularTitle:血浆置换治疗重症肝炎的临床疗效观察
- Author:
Yu LI
;
Xuefan BAI
;
Zhihua FENG
;
Yan ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Plasma exchange;
Severe hepatitis;
Artificial liver support system
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2003;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To observe the therapeutic effects of plasma exchange in severe hepatitis. Methods:53 cases served as treatment group and 49 cases as control group. Both groups were similar in basic medical treatment, and an additional treatment of plasma exchange was carried in the treatment group. 186 times of plasmas exchange were performed in the treatment group, to observe and compare the changes in patients of the 2 groups in symptoms、liver functions and survival rates. Results:The clinical symptoms of patients in the treatment group were obviously improved, the liver functions were also obviously improved in the treatment group as compared with the control group, and the survival rate of treatment group was higher than that of control group(73.58% vs 46.94%, P
