Managing the complications of cirrhosis

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 501-509

  Narayanan Menon, K V ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AMMONIA; ANGIOTENSIN; CEFOTAXIME; ENBUCRILATE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LACTITOL; LACTULOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; NADOLOL; NEOMYCIN; NITRATE; NORFLOXACIN; OCTREOTIDE; OFLOXACIN; ORNITHINE ASPARTATE; PROPRANOLOL; RENIN; SCLEROSING AGENT; SODIUM; SOMATOSTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERLIPRESSIN; THROMBIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; ZINC;

ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BED REST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INFECTION; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NECROSIS; PARACENTESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; STOMACH DISEASE; ULCER;

EID: 0034063653     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)64219-5     Document Type: Review

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