Long-Term Effects of Rifaximin on Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy: Its Possible Effects on the Improvement in the Blood Ammonia Concentration Levels, Hepatic Spare Ability and Refractory Ascites

Background and Objectives: To investigate the long-term efficacy of rifaximin (RFX) for hyperammonemia and efficacy for refractory ascites in patients with cirrhosis. Materials and Methods: We enrolled 112 patients with liver cirrhosis who were orally administered RFX in this study. Changes in the c...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Keiji, Fukuda, Hiromi, Yamauchi, Ryo, Higashi, Masashi, Miyayama, Takashi, Higashi, Tomotaka, Uchida, Yotaro, Shibata, Kumiko, Tsuchiya, Naoaki, Fukunaga, Atsushi, Umeda, Kaoru, Takata, Kazuhide, Tanaka, Takashi, Shakado, Satoshi, Sakisaka, Shotaro, Hirai, Fumihito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36143954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58091276

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36143954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58091276

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