Lack of renal improvement with nonselective endothelin antagonism with tezosentan in type 2 hepatorenal syndrome

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-168

  Wong, Florence ^a,e   Moore, Kevin ^b   Dingemanse, Jasper ^c   Jalan, Rajiv ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CEFUROXIME; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOXACILLIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FLUCONAZOLE; GLICLAZIDE; INSULIN; LACTULOSE; LAMIVUDINE; LANSOPRAZOLE; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDODRINE; NADOLOL; OCTREOTIDE; OLANZAPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; TEZOSENTAN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STEADY STATE; TYPE 2 HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; URINE VOLUME;

ENDOTHELIN-1; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRIDINES; SODIUM; TETRAZOLES; TREATMENT FAILURE; WATER;

EID: 38649114358     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21940     Document Type: Article

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