Long-term administration of rifaximin improves the prognosis of patients with decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis

Background and Aim Cirrhotic patients are predisposed to intestinal bacterial overgrowth with translocation of bacterial products which may deteriorate liver hemodynamics. Having shown that short‐term administration of rifaximin improves liver hemodynamics in decompensated cirrhosis, we conducted th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2013-03, Vol.28 (3), p.450-455
Hauptverfasser:	Vlachogiannakos, Jiannis, Viazis, Nikos, Vasianopoulou, Panagiota, Vafiadis, Irene, Karamanolis, Dimitrios G, Ladas, Spiros D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Drug Administration Schedule Esophageal and Gastric Varices - etiology Esophageal and Gastric Varices - prevention & control Female Follow-Up Studies Gastrointestinal Agents - therapeutic use Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - prevention & control hepatic encephalopathy Hepatic Encephalopathy - etiology Hepatic Encephalopathy - prevention & control hepatorenal syndrome Hepatorenal Syndrome - etiology Hepatorenal Syndrome - prevention & control Humans Hypertension, Portal - drug therapy Hypertension, Portal - etiology Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - complications Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - drug therapy Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - mortality Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Peritonitis - etiology Peritonitis - prevention & control Prospective Studies Rifamycins - therapeutic use rifaximin spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome variceal bleeding
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