title: [Treatment of hepatic coma using extracorporeal perfusion with baboon and human liver as well as with activated charcoal].
abstract: In the 6 patients with hepatic coma hemoperfusions with 8 baboon and 2 human livers were carried out. Four awoke from the coma, one women could be discharged, but the others died of various complications and liver insufficiency. In the 4 patients with hepatic coma, 11 hemoperfusions with activated charcoal columns were performed. Two awoke from the coma, but they died of liver insufficiency. We were able to detect the elevation of preforming antibodies in a discharged patient.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010478:Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio
chemical_list: D002606:Charcoal
vernacular_title: Die Behandlung des Coma hepaticum durch extracorporale Perfusion mit Pavian- und Humanlebern sowie mit Aktivkohle.