In cirrhotic patients with HRS, octreotide infusion did not significantly change creatinine clearance.
In plain wordsIn cirrhotic patients with HRS, octreotide did not significantly change kidney clearance from baseline.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- No significant changeCreatinine clearance
- Study
n = 14
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- 50 microg/h · infusion · 4 daysAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
In addition, treatment with octreotide infusion did not result in significant changes in creatinine clearance, daily urinary sodium, plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone and glucagon levels, or renal and mesenteric artery resistance indices as measured by Doppler ultrasonography.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We compared the effects of octreotide infusion (50 microg/h) to placebo using a randomized, double-blind, cross-over design over 2, 4-day periods.
Nineteen patients were included, and 14 patients could complete the 2 phases of the study (group 1: placebo first; n = 8 and group 2: octreotide first; n = 6)
In all the patients, a normal central venous pressure was maintained by daily intravenous administration of 2 units of albumin.