Abstract
45 patients with acute liver failure were treated with hepatic assists, such as charcoal tnemoperfusion, PAN membrane hemodialysis, and membrane plasma pheresis. Of the 45 patients, 8 were survived.
Complications in the 45 patients were; renal failure 11, G. I. bleeding 16, and cerebral edema 16.
We think the efficacy of the present hepatic assists are constant below 20 percent in the survival rate.
In order to increase the survival rate by hepatic assists in the treatment of acute liver failure, the cares of complications, especially cerebral edema, were important problems.
