Clinical features, laboratory data, and related factors for outcomes of acute on chronic liver failure due to HBV and treated with plasma exchange

  • Nguyễn Xuân Lâm Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Trịnh Văn Sơn Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Tô Thị Như Huế Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Nguyễn Xuân Chính Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Phạm Văn Chung Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Lê Văn Nam Học viện Quân y
  • Vũ Viết Sáng Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

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Chronic hepatitis B, liver failure, therapeutic plasma exchange

Abstract

Objective: This study intended to describe clinical features, laboratory data and related factors for outcomes of chronic hepatitis B with or without cirrhosis who suffered from liver failure and treated with plasma exchange. Subject and method: The research is a prospective and retrospective descriptive study, that enrolled 70 participants suffering from liver failure related to hepatitis B virus and treated with therapeutic plasma exchange at 108 Military Central Hospital from January 2018 to June 2022. Result: In total, 58/70 (82.9%) of the participants were male and 43/70 (61.4%) of patients were less than 60 years old. All of the patients were fatigue and jaundice. Edema and skin bleeding were 24.3% and 18.6%, respectively. Serum total bilirubin and ammonia increased to 443.6 ± 120.2µmo/L and 108.7 ± 70.4µmo/L, respectively. The decreasing of prothrombin was 34.4 ± 18.7%. The rates of prothrombin < 40%; albumin ≤ 30g/L; NH3 ≥ 100µg/dL and total bilirubin ≥ 500µmo/L were 71.4%, 48.6%, 42.9% and 28.6%, respectively. The 28-day survival of the chronic hepatitis cases was 10/27 (37.0%) higher than that of the cirrhosis cases 13/43 (30.2%), however, the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.371). A prothrombin less than 40% and an NH3 over 100µg/L were significantly related to mortality. Conclusion: The most common clinical manifestations were jaundice, edema and skin bleeding. Subclinical data was recorded following decreasing of prothrombin, albumin and increasing of NH3. Therein, NH3 and prothrombin were related factors for mortality.

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