Kazuhiro Watanabe 1, Yoshihito Uchida 1, Kayoko Sugawara 1, Kayoko Naiki 1, Mie Inao 1, Nobuaki Nakayama 1, Satoshi Mochida 2 , J Gastroenterol 2017 Jul;52(7):830-837.
Tag: Alcoholic hepatitis
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Sequential therapy consisting of glucocorticoid infusions followed by granulocyte-monocyte absorptive apheresis in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.
Sequential therapy combining glucocorticoid infusion and GMA was useful for attenuating liver injuries in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis by preventing rebound increases in inflammatory reactions after discontinuation of glucocorticoid infusions, except in patients with bacterial infections and/or multiple organ failure.
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Adacolumn Granulocyte-Apheresis for Alcoholic Hepatitis: Preliminary Study
V Morabito 1, S Novelli 2, L Poli 3, G Ferretti 4, F Ruberto 5, F Pugliese 5, R Pretagostini 3, P B Berloco 3, M Rossi 3 , Transplant Proc. 2016 Mar;48(2):352-8.
The Adacolumn apheresis was safe and was able to determine an improvement of clinical status of patients with reduction of inflammatory markers. More patients are needed to validate these results.
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