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When would you decide to pursue plasma exchange in a patient in acute liver failure due to sinusoidal obstruction syndrome?

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Hepatology · Emory University

I have not used plasma exchange in the treatment of SOS. The Plex may transiently decrease the hyperbilirubinemia associated with SOS, but to my knowledge, it does not address the underlying pathophysiology.

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