Effect of Intravenous Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Sort, Pau; Navasa, Miquel; Arroyo, Vicente; Aldeguer, Xavier; Planas, Ramón; Ruíz-del-Árbol, Luís; Castells, Lluı́s; Vargas, Vı́ctor; Soriano, Germán; Guevara, Mónica; Ginès, Pere; Rodés, Joan

doi:10.1056/nejm199908053410603

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Effect of Intravenous Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 5, 1999

Authors:

Pau Sort

Miquel Navasa

Vicente Arroyo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, renal function frequently becomes impaired. This impairment is probably related to a reduction in effective arterial blood volume and is associated with a high mortality rate. We conducted a study to determine whether plas...

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Cefotaxime

Medicine

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

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