Diuretic requirements after therapeutic paracentesis in non-azotemic patients with cirrhosis. A randomized double-blind trial of spironolactone versus placebo

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 614-620

  Fernández Esparrach, Glòria ^a   Guevarra, Mònica ^a   Sort, Pau ^a   Pardo, Albert ^b   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a   Ginès, Pere ^a   Planas, Ramon ^b   Lebrec, Didier ^c   Geuvel, André ^d   Elewaut, André ^d   Adler, Michael ^d   Arroyo, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aldosterone; ascites; cirrhosis; renin; spironolactone; therapeutic paracentesis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARACENTESIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0343923426     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80427-8     Document Type: Article

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