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M. Cavallin

Researcher at University of Padua

Publications -  30
Citations -  1608

M. Cavallin is an academic researcher from University of Padua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatorenal syndrome & Terlipressin. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1216 citations.

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Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial.

Paolo Caraceni, +92 more
- 16 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: Long-term HA administration prolongs overall survival and might act as a disease modifying treatment in patients with decompensated cirrhosis in this trial.
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Evaluation of the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and ascites

TL;DR: Conventional criterion is more accurate than AKIN criteria in the prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis and ascites and the addition of either the progression of AKIN stage or the cut-off of sCr ≥ 1.5mg/dl to theAKIN criteria improves their prognostic accuracy.
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Terlipressin given by continuous intravenous infusion versus intravenous boluses in the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome: A randomized controlled study.

TL;DR: Terlipressin given by continuous intravenous infusion is better tolerated than intravenous boluses in the treatment of type 1 HRS, and it is effective at doses lower than those required for intravenousbolus administration.
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The empirical antibiotic treatment of nosocomial spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

TL;DR: The combination of meropenem plus daptomycin is more effective than ceftazidime as empirical antibiotic treatment of nosocomial SBP and is a strong predictor of 90‐day survival in patients with nosocomials SBP.