title: Role of infection and exchange transfusion in fulminant hepatic failure.
abstract: We report three patients with fulminant hepatic failure following sepsis managed by exchange transfusion. The literature on the role of infection in the pathogenesis of fulminant liver failure and of exchange transfusions in its management is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Devasiri
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*