Aldosterone antagonists, such as spironolactone or potassium canrenoate, are the preferred first-line diuretics in the management of patients with cirrhosis and ascites, because aldosterone is the ...

The two drugs were compared in each of 6 patients with cirrhosis and ascites, urinary sodium and potassium being used as a measure of diuretic action. The design of the study attempted to control ...

Furosemide is the most widely prescribed loop diuretic in the setting of systolic ... reaches the tubular fluid in patients with liver disease due to a prolonged half-life.

RETENTION of sodium and water is an important factor in the formation of ascites in cirrhosis of the liver ... the urinary output by the use of diuretics. A number of patients with ascites ...

Diuretics can be prescribed to treat several conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart failure, liver cirrhosis, kidney ...

Ascites is the most common complication of liver cirrhosis, and it develops as a ... including dietary sodium restriction, diuretic therapy, repeated large-volume paracentesis with albumin ...