Table 2

The consciousness level, summary of ALS, and outcome of participating patients who underwent artificial liver support with on-line hemodiafiltration.

Case

The degree of HE at the start of on-line HDF

On-line HDF to recovery of consciousness (sessions)

Total on-line HDF (sessions)

Plasma exchange (sessions)

Duration of ALS (days)

Outcome

GCS

Stage*

1

8

4

5

12

7

13

Spontaneous survival

2

13

3

2

11

9

13

Death (no donor to transplant)

3

13

2

1

15

10

15

Death (no donor to transplant)

4

9

4

7

7

0

7

Death due to heart failure

5

11

3

4

15

0

15

Death due to sepsis

6

4

4

-

5

4

5

Death due to cerebral herniation

7

12

4

5

8

2

10

Spontaneous survival

8

13

3

8

47

5

55

Spontaneous survival

9

10

4

7

21

8

24

Death from respiratory failure

10

6

4

7

14

9

14

Death (no donor to transplant)

11

14

2

1

9

2

9

Spontaneous survival

12

13

3

1

13

2

13

Spontaneous survival

13

13

3

5

7

0

7

Spontaneous survival

14

6

4

10

27

17

42

Death (no donor to transplant)

15

12

3

5

7

0

7

Transplantation

16

4

4

5

6

0

7

Spontaneous survival

17

8

3

6

11

8

12

Transplantation

HE, hepatic encephalopathy; HDF, hemodiafiltration; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ALS, artificial liver support. *Hepatic encephalopathy staging by the West Haven criteria of altered mental state [13].

Arata et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2010 10:10   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-10-10