Effect of the herbal medicine Dai-kenchu-to for serum ammonia in hepatectomized patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Kaiho, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Toshikazu ^a   Tsuchiya, Shunichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Shinji ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^a   Miura, Masami ^a   Saigusa, Naoki ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^b  

^a KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dai kenchu to; Hepatectomy; Herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

DAI KENCHU TO; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMMONIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 14144255302     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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