Watanabe A, Tsuchida T, Shiota T, Tominaga S. Effectivity and safety of mannitol treatment for acute hepatic failure in rats.
RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE EXPERIMENTELLE MEDIZIN EINSCHLIESSLICH EXPERIMENTELLER CHIRURGIE 1992;
192:401-6. [PMID:
1480817 DOI:
10.1007/bf02576297]
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Abstract
In rats with D-galactosamine-induced hepatic failure, 14C-D-mannitol transport into the brain was accelerated through an increase of vesicular transport via the blood-brain barrier and thus brain mannitol contents increased. However, the osmolarity of the brain tissue changed little and the mortality was decreased by mannitol infusion to acute hepatic-failure rats. Experimental data indicate the effectivity and safety of hypertonic mannitol therapy for cerebral edema in acute hepatic failure.
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