Type 1 hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis. Predictive factors forsurvival in patients treated with terlipressin
✍ Scribed by F. Durand; I. Colle; F. Pessione; J. Bernuau; E. Barrière; D. Lebrec; D.C. Valla; R. Moreau
- Book ID
- 119525910
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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Terlipressin plus albumin is an effective treatment for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), but approximately only half of the patients respond to this therapy. The aim of this study was to assess predictive factors of response to treatment with terlipressin and albumin in patients with type 1 HRS. T
Patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites are characterized by circulatory dysfunction with splanchnic vasodilatation and renal vasoconstriction, which often lead to ascites. The vasoconstrictor terlipressin improves renal function in hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). The aim of this study was to evalu