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In patients with ascites, how do you decide when carvedilol/NSBBs are still within a safe-and-effective “window”, and which specific thresholds make you hold or discontinue therapy?

Khajuria et al., PMID 40689908
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Do you consider low volume ascites a contraindication to beta-blocker (carvedilol) use?

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I would direct readers to our accompanying editorial that was published along with this paper. Some methodological concerns with this trial including lacking of etiology of liver disease and an open-label design. We know that patients with alcohol associated liver disease can have recompensation wit...

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