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- Title
Selective bilirubin removal: a treatment of jaundice-related kidney injury?
- Authors
Esposito, Pasquale; Rampino, Teresa; Sileno, Giuseppe; Dal Canton, Antonio
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 47-year-old man having a history of idiopathic myelofibrosis associated with jaundice and hepato-splenomegaly was admitted for ascites and asthenia. Blood tests revealed acute kidney injury (AKI) and a marked increase in bilirubin levels. Plasma bilirubin decreased progressively and serum creatinine levels after four cycles of plasma absorption perfusion (PAP).
- Subjects
ASCITES; ASTHENIA; JAUNDICE; ACUTE kidney failure; MYELOFIBROSIS; BILIRUBIN; PATIENTS
- Publication
Kidney International, 2013, Vol 84, Issue 3, p624
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.2013.246