Hepatic hydrothorax

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Krok, Karen L ^a   Cárdenas, Andrés ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ascites; cirrhosis; hepatic hydrothorax; pleural effusion; portal hypertension; spontaneous bacterial empyema; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (tips)

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ARTICLE; DIURETIC THERAPY; HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; THORACOCENTESIS; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ASCITES; CHEST TUBES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DIURETICS; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLEURODESIS;

EID: 84858730423     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1301729     Document Type: Article

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