Treatment of Cirrhosis-Associated Hyponatremia with Midodrine and Octreotide

BACKGROUND: Hyponatremia in the setting of cirrhosis is a common electrolyte disorder with few therapeutic options. The free water retention is due to non-osmotic vasopressin secretion resulting from the cirrhosis-associated splanchnic vasodilatation. Therefore, vasoconstrictive therapy may correct...

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Autores principales: Patel, Sharad, Nguyen, Dai-Scott, Rastogi, Anjay, Nguyen, Minh-Kevin, Nguyen, Minhtri K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00017

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