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	Podcast:		Critical Care Practitioner
	Episode:		Decompensated Alcohol Related Liver Disease Part 2
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:53
	Publish Date:		2026-01-13 16:47:11
	Description:		We return to our 48-year-old patient: jaundiced, hypotensive, drowsy, and bleeding. In decompensated cirrhosis, every treatment targets a disrupted system — splanchnic vasodilation, portal hypertension, toxin accumulation, and renal hypoperfusion.Although these patients look fluid overloaded, they are effectively hypovolaemic. Start with small aliquots of balanced crystalloid, avoiding 0.9% saline. In hepatorenal syndrome or tense ascites, 20% albumin is […] The post Decompensated Alcohol Related Liver Disease Part 2 appeared first on Critical Care Practitioner.
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