The effects of the acute administration of arterial vasoconstrictors on renal plasma flow (RPF) and urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) in cirrhotic patients with ascites with or without hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) are still controversial. As a consequence, vasoconstrictors are not actually used in the t
Favorable effects of total paracentesis on splanchnic hemodynamics in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites
✍ Scribed by Angelo Luca; Fausto Feu; Juan Carlos García-Pagán; Wladimiro Jiménez; Vicente Arroyo; Jaime Bosch; Juan Rodés
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 453 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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✦ Synopsis
This study was supported in part by the Fondo de Investigationes Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (FISS 91/0374) and Fundacio Catalana per a 1'Estudi de les Malalties del Fetge. Dr. Luca was a recipient of a grant fellowship by Fundacio Privada Clinic per a la Recerca Biomedica.
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