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Successful use of single pass albumin dialysis in the correction of severe hyperbilirubinemia in a case of acute Hepatitis E.
Abstract
Acute liver failure is a rare syndrome defined by the rapid loss of liver function in the absence of pre-existing liver disease, which may be secondary to hepatitis A virus, hepatitis E virus (HEV), or to drugs in about 50% of cases. Extracorporeal albumin dialysis enables the elimination of albumin-bound toxins that accumulate in liver failure.