Randomized comparative study of therapeutic paracentesis with and without intravenous albumin in cirrhosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1493-1502

  Ginès, Pere ^a,b,c,d   Titó, Llúcia ^a,b,c,d   Arroyo, Vicente ^a,b,c,d   Planas, Ramón ^a,b,c,d   Panés, Julià ^a,b,c,d   Viver, Josep ^a,b,c,d   Torres, Miquel ^a,b,c,d   Humbert, Pere ^a,b,c,d   Rimola, Antoni ^a,b,c,d   Llach, Josep ^a,b,c,d   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^a,b,c,d   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a,b,c,d   Gaya, Joan ^a,b,c,d   Rodés, Joan ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE L ESPERIT SANT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ASCITES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARACENTESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBUMINS; ASCITES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023907437     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(88)90691-9     Document Type: Article

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