| Liver support systems: will they ever reach prime time? | |
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PMID: 23392862 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Liver support systems aim to provide temporary support of liver function while maintaining extra-hepatic function in patients with liver failure. Important advances have been achieved in the design of artificial and bio-artificial devices, but the current systems are far from meeting the ideal. Artificial devices provide detoxification through different dialysis procedures, whereas bio-artificial devices add synthetic functions by incorporating a cellular component into the system. Overall, liver support systems have consistently shown beneficial effects on the pathophysiology of liver failure, especially in acute-on-chronic liver failure. However, these beneficial effects have not been translated into an improvement of survival. Our review discusses the current evidence, paying special attention to the clinical aspects of (bio)-artificial liver support devices. |
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Rafael Bañares; María-Vega Catalina; Javier Vaquero |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current gastroenterology reports Volume: 15 ISSN: 1534-312X ISO Abbreviation: Curr Gastroenterol Rep Publication Date: 2013 Mar |
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Created Date: 2013-02-08 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888896 Medline TA: Curr Gastroenterol Rep Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 312 Citation Subset: IM |
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Liver Unit, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, IISGM, CIBEREHD, Madrid, Spain, rbanares@telefonica.net. |
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