Fígado bioartificial.

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  • J Reis Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Gastrenterológícos, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisboa.

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.2240

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Fulminant hepatic failure remains without satisfactory medical treatment and with a mortality rate of nearly 90%. Liver transplantation is the only chance to save these patients. However, there is a shortage of donors and many patients die before transplantation. It is thus necessary to develop a liver support system to help maintain patients alive, neurologically intact until an organ becomes available for transplantation, or ideally until hepatic regeneration. Early systems had only a depuration function, but now these systems include hepatocytes to replace most hepatic functions.

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Reis J. Fígado bioartificial. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 30 de Abril de 1998 [citado 23 de Novembro de 2024];11(4):359-63. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/2240

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