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. 2006 Feb 8;10(1):118. doi: 10.1186/cc4825

Table 1.

Main Indication groups for MARS® therapy

1 Acute liver failure
2 Acute decompensation on chronic liver disease
Complicated by progressive jaundice
Complicated by hepatic encephalopathy
Complicated by renal dysfunction
3 Intractable pruritus in cholestasis
4 Acute intoxication or overdose with substances potentially bound to albumin
5 Other indications
Acute hepatic failure after major hepatectomy
After liver transplantation
 Primary non-function or primary dysfunction of the graft
 Acute decompensation of the graft (disease recurrence...)
 Secondary liver failure or multi-organ failure