Immune-Inflammatory and Metabolic Effects of High Dose Furosemide plus Hypertonic Saline Solution (HSS) Treatment in Cirrhotic Subjects with Refractory Ascites.

Patients with chronic liver diseases are usually thin as a result of hypermetabolism and malnutrition expressed by reduced levels of leptin and impairment of other adyponectins such as visfatin.We evaluated the metabolic and inflammatory effects of intravenous high-dose furosemide plus hypertonic sa...

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Main Authors: Antonino Tuttolomondo, Domenico Di Raimondo, Chiara Bellia, Giuseppe Clemente, Rosaria Pecoraro, Carlo Maida, Irene Simonetta, Valerio Vassallo, Danilo Di Bona, Eliana Gulotta, Marcello Ciaccio, Antonio Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5152809?pdf=render