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Can tacrolimus in a transplant patient be used during radiation and concurrent chemoradiation?

Does your practice differ depending on the disease site?

When giving albumin challenge, for acute kidney injury with suspected hepatorenal syndrome, do you administer a single dose daily or split the dose of albumin?

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Do you avoid terlipressin for patients with hepatorenal syndrome who have an elevated bilirubin level?

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Do you avoid peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with ascites?

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What is your approach to managing concurrent severe SIADH and large-volume malignant ascites when aggressive volume removal appears to exacerbate both symptoms and hyponatremia?

For example, would you consider alternatives to paracentesis (Denver shunt placement, CART therapy, or permanent tunneled catheters) that might better...

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Papers discussed in this category

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

Terlipressin plus Albumin for the Treatment of Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome.

European journal of endocrinology, 2023 Aug 02

Effect of protein supplementation on plasma sodium levels in the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis: a monocentric, open-label, proof-of-concept study-the TREASURE study.

Medicine, 2016 Jan

Peritoneal Dialysis is Associated With A Better Survival in Cirrhotic Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Clinical nephrology, 2011 Oct

Outcome of peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with end-stage renal disease: a 24-years' experience in Taiwan.

The American journal of medicine, 1992 Jul

Peritoneal dialysis in end-stage renal disease patients with preexisting chronic liver disease and ascites.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2002 Jul

Outcome of peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with chronic renal failure.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis.

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