During the last decade great advances have been made of water retention and dilutional
hyponatremia in human cirrhosis. Finally, the field of spontaneous infection of concerning …

Portal hypertension is the main complication of cir-rhosis because it is directly responsible
for two of its most common and potentially lethal complications: variceal hemorrhage and …

Ascites is a major complication of cirrhosis, 1 occurring in 50% of patients over 10 years of
follow up. 2 The development of ascites is an important landmark in the natural history of …

A new, fully updated edition of the world's most famous book on liver diseases—with
updating of all areas and inclusion of new specific topics, by internationally renowned …

Little information exists on the effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts
(TIPS) in the management of cirrhotic patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). The …

Metabolic processes utilize a variety of differing and contrasting biochemical routes to
enable synthesis of degradation and activation or deactivation of substances; in addition …

Background/Aims: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts reduce portal pressure
and can control ascites in patients with cirrhosis. We carried out a controlled study to …

Background Previous studies have suggested that the transjugular placement of an
intrahepatic stent to establish a portosystemic shunt is an effective treatment of …

Background Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has recently been
reported to be effective in the treatment of cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. However …

Background Refractory ascites (ie, ascites that cannot be mobilized despite sodium
restriction and diuretic treatment) occurs in 10 per cent of patients with cirrhosis. It is …