Management of refractory cirrhotic ascites: challenges and solutions
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Management of cirrhotic ascites.
The most common complication to chronic liver failure is ascites. The formation of ascites in the cirrhotic patient is caused by a complex chain of pathophysiological events involving portal hypertension and progressive vascular dysfunction. Since ascites formation represents a hallmark in the natural history of chronic liver failure it predicts a poor outcome with a 50% mortality rate within 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1179-1535
DOI: 10.2147/hmer.s136578