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Comment
. 2023 Mar;49(3):360-362.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-06998-w. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

The cytokine adsorber Cytosorb® does not reduce ammonia concentrations in critically ill patients with liver failure

Uwe Liebchen #  1 , Michael Paal #  2 , Caroline Gräfe  1 , Michael Zoller  1 , Christina Scharf  3 ; Cyto-SOLVE Study Group
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The cytokine adsorber Cytosorb® does not reduce ammonia concentrations in critically ill patients with liver failure

Uwe Liebchen et al. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Mar.
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Fig. 1
Ammonia-clearance (mL/min) and -concentration (µmol/L) during therapy. Note: Green boxplots (always the first of the two boxplots) illustrate the ammonia clearance (mL/min) by the dialyzer and yellow boxplots show the ammonia clearance (mL/min) by Cytosorb®. Red boxplots present the ammonia plasma-concentrations at baseline, after six, and after 12 h with a significant decrease after six and twelve hours. The boxes of the boxplots represent the interquartile-range and the line the median. Whiskers were limited to 1.5 times of the interquartile range. The cross represents the mean
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