Hyponatremia in patients with liver diseases: not just a cirrhosis-induced hemodynamic compromise

Hepatology International

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 762-772

  Liamis, G ^a   Filippatos, T D ^a   Liontos, A ^a   Elisaf, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis; Hyponatremia; Infection; Liver disease; Terlipressin

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMIODARONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BOCEPREVIR; BRIVANIB; CIXUTUMUMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPLERENONE; FUROSEMIDE; INTERFERON; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM ION; SORAFENIB; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERLIPRESSIN; TOXIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPONATREMIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOXIC HEPATITIS; BLOOD; LIVER DISEASES; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84975298417     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-016-9746-1     Document Type: Review

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