The treatment of choice for hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) is vasoconstrictor therapy in combination with albumin, preferably norepinephrine or terlipressin as recommended by recent guidelines. In the absence of larger head-to-head trials comparing the efficacy of terlipressin and norepinephrine, meta-analysis of smaller studies can provide insights needed to understand the …
The length of a cervix can be evaluated either by sonogram or physical examination of the cervix. Digital examination has been shown to be less consistent than ultrasound in the assessment of cervical length. The cervical length tends to be underestimated by manual examination by approximately 11 mm compared with ultrasound measurement