Management of fulminant hepatic failure with Mannitol. [short communication]

Eight patients with fulminant hepatic were managed conservatively using intermittent infusion of 20 percent mannitol. All but one case regained consciousness within seven days of commencement of the mannitol infusion. All have maintained normal hepatic function over a period of twelve to eighteen months. Mannitol still remains an effective treatment modality in centres where newer and sophisticated methods of therapy are now available