27 June 2023: Original Paper
A 15-Year Retrospective Study of Supportive Extracorporeal Therapies Including Plasma Exchange and Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration of 114 Adults with Acute Liver Failure Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Ilhan Ocak ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.939745
Ann Transplant 2023; 28:e939745
Table 1 Data of patients at the time of admission to the Intensive Care Unit.
| Followed in the LT ICU (n) | 1449 |
| included patients | 114 |
| Combined SET | 1254 |
| Exlcuded patients | 81 |
| Liver Transplant without | |
| Combined SET | |
| Mono SET | |
| Combined SET patients | (n) |
| Sex | 114 |
| Male | 50 |
| Female | 64 |
| AGE | 40 (18–63)* |
| APACHE II Score | 25 (20–28)* |
| MELD-Na Score | 36.5 (32–40)* |
| Etiology | (n) |
| Hepatitis-B | 11 |
| Hepatitis-C | 16 |
| Paracetamol | 10 |
| Non-paracetamol drug | 17 |
| Toxication (Non-drug) | 18 |
| Surgical complication | 7 |
| Cause unknown | 35 |
| * Median (minumum-maximum). n – number; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; LT – liver transplant; APACHE – Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; MELD – Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, SET – supportive extracorporeal therapy. | |