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Flemming Bendtsen1, Henning Grønbaek, Jesper Bach Hansen
1Department of Functional Imaging and Research, Section of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.
Abstract:
National guidelines for treatment of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, and hyponatremia have been approved by the Danish Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Ascites develops in approximately 60% of patients with cirrhosis during a 10 year period and is frequently associated with complications that determine the course of the disease and the prognosis. These evidence-based guidelines are divided in two parts and consider definitions, pathophysiology, diagnostic aspects, treatment, and prophylaxis.
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