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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2019
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| 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 |