title: Renal sodium retention in liver disease.
abstract: In many patients with cirrhosis, salt retention eventually culminates in ascites and edema. The pathogenesis probably involves several hormonal and neural effectors acting in concert. When conservative therapy with diet and diuretics fails to mobilize fluid, options for more intensive treatment include large-volume paracentesis and the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007101:Immersion; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D010536:Peritoneovenous Shunt; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014867:Water