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REFRACTORY ASCITES PRECIPITATED BY OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY
Author(s) -
WOOD L. J.,
DUDLEY F. J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1987.tb00091.x
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive uropathy , ascites , refractory (planetary science) , urinary system , physics , astrobiology
A case is presented where a patient's cirrhotic ascites was refractory to conventional treatment and where the usual factors which precipitate refractory ascites were excluded. We believe that this patient's apparently refractory ascites was precipitated by an obstructive uropathy, as evidenced by dramatic diuresis, natriuresis, and return to diuretic sensitivity following relief of the obstruction.