First case report of high volume therapeutic plasma exchange as a rescue therapy in dengue hemorrhagic fever with acute liver failure

Surat  Nakaviroj

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Surat Nakaviroj Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

Keywords:

Case report, high volume therapeutic plasma exchange, acute liver failure, dengue

Abstract

Acute liver failure is a rare but life-threatening complication of severe dengue infection. Besides standard medical treatment, high volume therapeutic plasma exchange (HV-TPE) is a potential management strategy used to reverse hepatic encephalopathy and coagulopathy. HV-TPE, moreover, improves patient survival from acute liver failure due to paracetamol overdose, viral-induced hepatitis, and Wilson disease. The use of HV-TPE in acute liver failure with dengue hemorrhagic fever has never been reported. We, hereby, report a successful treatment with HV-TPE in acute liver failure with dengue hemorrhagic fever.

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