Long-term medical management and complications of 'resistant' ascites.
This paper reports the experience of treating patients with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites with an aldosterone inhibitor in addition to conventional therapy. Good results are demonstrated in 13 patients previously resistant to treatment.
D000450:Aldosterone; D001201:Ascites; D004232:Diuretics / Q000628:therapy*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
D004232:Diuretics; D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; D000450:Aldosterone
ALDOSTERONE/antagonists; DIURETICS/therapy; LIVER CIRRHOSIS/therapy