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S Höver

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PubMed1995

Fluconazole is removed by continuous venovenous hemofiltration in a liver transplant patient.

Fluconazole is effective for the treatment of fungal infections. A continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) was necessary in a liver transplant patient with anuria. Fluconazole treatment was started after the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis. There was no adverse effect on liver function, and the immunosuppression with cyclosporine was not affected. It is shown for the first time that CVVH effectively removes fluconazole from the blood circulation by a clearance into the hemofiltrate of approximately 21 ml/min. These data suggest that the treatment of fungal infections with fluconazole does not necessitate a reduction of the dosage during CVVH.

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PubMed1987

[Technical problems and complications in percutaneous transhepatic bile duct drainage].

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PubMed1985

[Technical problems in percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage].

Technical problems are repeatedly encountered during percutaneous transhepatic drainage by catheter or endo-prosthesis which are caused by the position, extent and tightness of the stenosis in the biliary ducts. All means of overcoming these problems must be used, otherwise technical failure or complications become inevitable. The methods to be adopted if catheters break and endo-prostheses become displaced or occluded, and for haemorrhage, are described, as well as methods for draining multiple, proximal or intrahepatic stenoses. This is based on an experience with 74 patients on whom 130 drainage procedures have been performed (80 catheters, 50 endo-prostheses). All complications and mortality (five patients, 3.8%) were due to problems which could not be solved. Internal biliary drainage by means of an endoprosthesis is markedly superior to catheter drainage.

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