Review article: Pharmacological treatment of the hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhotic patients

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 515-521

  Dagher, L ^a   Patch, D ^a   Marley, R ^a   Moore, K ^a   Burroughs, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ANGIOTENSIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CREATININE; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); DOPAMINE; FELYPRESSIN; MIDODRINE; MISOPROSTOL; NORADRENALIN; OCTREOTIDE; ORNIPRESSIN; PROSTACYCLIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; BACTEREMIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FLUID INTAKE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONGUE DISEASE; URINE VOLUME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FELYPRESSIN; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; OCTREOTIDE; RENAL AGENTS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034010478     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2000.00740.x     Document Type: Review

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