B 8, 21 patients with cirrhosis and medium or large varices should receive beta blockers andor have. Sleisenger and fordtrans gastrointestinal and liver disease 9th edition 2010 crdenas. At first, you may have no symptoms at all this is called compensated cirrhosis. This is because the pressure in the portal vein is not yet too high and there are still enough healthy liver cells to keep up. In fact, a person may live many years with cirrhosis without being aware that his or her liver is scarred. Activation of raas plays an important role in the development of ascites. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Spironolactone is the diuretic of choice because it is an aldosterone antagonist that acts on the distal tubules in the kidney to increase sodium excretion and conserve potassium. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd.
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