The efficacy of terlipressin in comparison with albumin in the prevention of circulatory changes after the paracentesis of tense ascites - A randomized multicentric study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 1930-1933

  Lata, Jan ^a   Mareček, Zdeněk ^b   Fejfar, Tomaš ^c   Zdeněk, Petr ^d   Brůha, Radan ^b   Šafka, Vaclav ^c   Hůlek, Petr ^c   Hejda, Vaclav ^d   Dolina, Jiří ^a   Stehlík, Jiří ^e   Tozzi, Igor ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^d Ist Department of Internal Medicine

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Albumin; Ascites; Liver cirrhosis; Multicentric Randomized trial; Paracentesis; Terlipressin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; ALBUMINS; ALDOSTERONE; ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; RENIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 37748999690     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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