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- Title
Anticoagulation with hirudin for continuous veno-venous hemodialysis in liver transplantation.
- Authors
Saner, F.; Hertl, M.; Broelsch, C. E.
- Abstract
Postoperative encephalopathy after orthotopic liver transplantation can be difficult to diagnose. We report a case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a liver transplant patient who had seizures. Due to poor liver function the patient developed hepatorenal syndrome requiring continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD). Initially we used heparin as the anticoagulant. After the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) was made, we switched to r-hirudin. No serious side effects, e.g. bleeding or immune sensitization, were seen.
- Subjects
THROMBOCYTOPENIA; LIVER transplantation; ANTICOAGULANTS
- Publication
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2001, Vol 45, Issue 7, p914
- ISSN
0001-5172
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045007914.x