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Vicente Arroyo

Researcher at Carlos III Health Institute

Publications -  21
Citations -  1535

Vicente Arroyo is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cirrhosis & Hepatorenal syndrome. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1374 citations. Previous affiliations of Vicente Arroyo include Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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CLINICAL-LIVER, PANCREAS, AND BILIARY TRACT Primary Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Delays Hepatorenal Syndrome and Improves Survival in Cirrhosis

TL;DR: Primary prophylaxis with norfloxacin has a great impact in the clinical course of patients with advanced cirrhosis, it reduces the incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, delays the development of hepatorenal syndrome, and improves survival.

Prognostic Importance of the Cuse of Renal Failure in Patients With Cirrhosis

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the predictive value of the cause of renal failure in cirrhosis and found that the most frequent cause was renal failure associated with infections (213 cases; 46%), followed by hypovolemia-associated renal failure (149 cases; 32), HRS (60, 13%), and parenchymal nephropathy (41, 9%).
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Total paracentesis with dextran 40 vs diuretics in the treatment of ascites in cirrhosis: a randomized controlled study.

TL;DR: Paracentesis was more effective than diuretics in mobilizing the ascitic fluid and plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration measured before and 6 days after paracentesis in 20 randomly selected patients increased significantly.