RAMAZAN COŞKUN, SAMİME USLUP, KÜRŞAT GÜNDOĞAAN, ÇİĞDEM PALA, İSMAİL HAKKI AKBUDAK, MURAT SUNGUR, MUHAMMET GÜVEN
Journal of Clinical Practice and Research - 2014;36(2):82-84
The aim of extracorporeal detoxification through plasma exchange therapy is to eliminate protein-bound components and to prevent their potential toxic effects. It is thought that hyperbilirubinemia has a direct cytotoxic effect on T lymphocytes and that it thus increases infection and sepsis. The use of bilirubin absorption column reduces bilirubin levels in patients with hepatic insufficiency. For the first time in Turkey, we presented a patient with cardiac cirrhosis and high bilirubin levels who was successfully treated with bilirubin absorption column method.
