Background & Aims: Treatment with albumin in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) prevents renal failure and improves survival. Whether albumin has similar beneficial effects in patients with infections other than SBP is unknown. Methods: One hundred and ten patients w
Albumin for bacterial infections other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. A randomized, controlled study
✍ Scribed by Mónica Guevara; Carlos Terra; André Nazar; Elsa Solà; Javier Fernández; Marco Pavesi; Vicente Arroyo; Pere Ginès
- Book ID
- 116652831
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 713 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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