Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1352-1359, May 2008

Terlipressin and Albumin vs Albumin in Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatorenal Syndrome: A Randomized Study

  • Marta Martín–Llahí

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Marie–Noëlle Pépin

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Mónica Guevara

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Fernando Díaz

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
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  • Aldo Torre

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Alberto Monescillo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitario Insular, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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  • Germán Soriano

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Carlos Terra

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Emilio Fábrega

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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  • Vicente Arroyo

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Juan Rodés

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Pere Ginès

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona School of Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Pere Ginès, MD, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel, 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
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  • TAHRS Investigators

Received 6 September 2007; accepted 24 January 2008. published online 18 February 2008.

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 Supported by grants from Fundació Marató TV3 (2000.TV.2710-0) and Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (SAF 2001/0300) and Instituto Reina Sofia de Investigación Nefrologia; a grant from the Fundación Banco de Bilbao-Vizcaya-Argentaria (FBBVA; to M.M-L.); a grant from the Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM; to M-N.P.); and a grant from Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS 01/3045; to M.G.). Ciberehd is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

 Financial disclosures and conflicts of interest: Pere Ginès has received research support and lecture fees from Ferring Pharmaceuticals and research support from Orphan Therapeutics. Mónica Guevara has received lecture fees from Ferring Pharmaceuticals. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest.

 M.M-L. and M-N.P. contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00252-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.024

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