Use of terlipressin in critically ill children with liver disease

Abstract Background Terlipressin, a long-acting synthetic analogue of vasopressin has been used in the adult population for various indications including hepatorenal syndrome (HRS-AKI), esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH) and shock, but its use in pediatrics is still limited to individualized cases...

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Main Authors: Romit Saxena, Aravind Anand, Akash Deep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-01914-6