Extracorporeal Liver Support for the Treatment of Hyperammonemia After Lung Transplantation

Transplantation. 2020 Mar;104(3):e75-e76. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002881.

Authors

Minkyung Kwon¹, Francisco Alvarez², Pablo Moreno Franco², Alicia Patel³, Juan M Canabal², Tarik J Haddad², David B Erasmus², Jorge M Mallea², Tathagat Narula²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
² Department of Transplant Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.

PMID: 31385932
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002881

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ammonia / blood
Brain Diseases, Metabolic / blood
Brain Diseases, Metabolic / diagnosis
Brain Diseases, Metabolic / etiology
Brain Diseases, Metabolic / therapy*
Female
Hemofiltration*
Humans
Hyperammonemia / blood
Hyperammonemia / diagnosis
Hyperammonemia / etiology
Hyperammonemia / therapy*
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / surgery
Pulmonary Fibrosis / surgery
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Ammonia