Symptomatic hepatic hydrothorax successfully treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)–role of titration of portosystemic gradient reduction to avoid post-TIPS encephalopathy

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: We describe a challenging case of hepatic hydrothorax secondary to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis. Our management involved successfully treating the hydrothorax with a transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt but having to manage the subsequent complication of hep...

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Autores principales: Krishnamoorthy, T L, Taneja, M, Chang, P E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70

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