Effects of plasma expansion with albumin and paracentesis on haemodynamics and kidney function in critically ill cirrhotic patients with tense ascites and hepatorenal syndrome: a prospective uncontrolled trial

INTRODUCTION: Circulatory dysfunction in cirrhotic patients may cause a specific kind of functional renal failure termed hepato-renal syndrome (HRS). It contributes to the high incidence of renal failure in cirrhotic intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Fluid therapy may aggravate renal failure by in...

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Autores principales: Umgelter, Andreas, Reindl, Wolfgang, Wagner, Katrin S, Franzen, Michael, Stock, Konrad, Schmid, Roland M, Huber, Wolfgang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18197961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6765

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