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Acute kidney injury
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Portal Hypertension
Would you consider adding a loop diuretic for patients with HRS type 1 who are on a stable dose of vasoconstrictors to enhance diuresis?
Velez et al., PMID 39990915
Answer from: at Community Practice
As a last resort, I would much rather do therapeutic paracentesis for fluid overload with albumin infusions.
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