ECMO with Multiple-Organ Failure: Can Liver Dialysis Improve Survival?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with multiple-organ failure: Can molecular adsorbent recirculating system therapy improve survival?

BACKGROUND Liver dialysis, molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) particularly, has been used in liver failure to bridge to transplantation. We expanded the indication for MARS to patients with acute shock liver failure and cardiopulmonary failure on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), aiming to improve survival to wean from ECMO. METHODS Retrospective chart analysis of patie...

Long-term survival of chronic dialysis patients following survival from an episode of multiple-organ failure

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to examine the long-term outcome for patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who survived multiple-organ failure. METHODS We performed a review of databases from the renal medicine service and intensive care units (ICU) of the participating hospitals within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. Patients with ESRF admitted to ICU who required sup...

Dialysis in liver failure and liver transplantation.

Nutrition and Multiple Organ Failure

Survival from acute renal failure with and without multiple organ dysfunction

A 10-year retrospective analysis has been carried out of 114 patients dialysed for acute renal failure. Fifty-eight patients, predominantly suffering from multiple organ failure, required treatment in an Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU); 56 less severely ill patients were treated in a Renal Unit. Overall survival in the former group was 36% and in the latter group 63 %. In the first 5 years of the ...