Continuous terlipressin infusion is associated with improved diet intake and muscle strength in patients awaiting liver transplant

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Portal hypertension contributes to the pathogenesis of malnutrition and sarcopenia in cirrhosis via multiple mechanisms. Terlipressin is a vasopressin analogue that we administer via continuous outpatient infusion, as a bridge to transplantation in patients with hepatorenal sy...

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Autores principales: Chapman, Brooke, Gow, Paul, Sinclair, Marie, Hanrahan, Timothy, Angus, Peter, McClure, Tess, Mills, Chris, Terbah, Ryma, Testro, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7001556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32039358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.05.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7001556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32039358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.05.002

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