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Annals of Hepatology, 2003 Hepatorenal syndrome is complication of advanced cirrhosis characterized by renal failure, changes in systemic blood pressure, and increased activity of endogenous vasoactive systems.
Andrés Cárdenas, M.D. +1 more
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Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2000 The management of the hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) constitutes a major challenge for clinicians. Because HRS is a functional disorder due to advanced liver disease and is associated with a very low survival expectancy, orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only effective and permanent treatment for patients with HRS.
Andrés Cárdenas +3 more
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The hepatorenal syndrome [PDF]
Gut, 2001 Introduction The hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is defined as the development of renal failure in patients with severe liver disease (acute or chronic) in the absence of any other identifiable cause of renal pathology. It is diagnosed following exclusion of other causes of renal failure in patients with liver disease such as hypovolaemia, drug ...
Lucy Dagher
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Hepatorenal Syndrome: direct treatment costs and characteristics of patients admitted to intensive care [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo)Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the direct medical costs incurred in Brazil for the treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome in intensive care and intermediate therapy care units, and to investigate the impact of this syndrome on patient ...
Franciele Robes Hortelã +5 more
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Počki, 2014 Lecture "Hepatorenal syndrome" is recommended for postgraduate education for nephrologists, physicians and general practitioners.
O.I. Taran
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Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2012 Renal failure is a common major complication in patients with advanced cirrhosis and generally indicates a poor prognosis when combined with liver failure.
Pınar Zeyneloğlu
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World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007 Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a "functional" and reversible form of renal failure that occurs in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. The distinctive hallmark feature of HRS is the intense renal vasoconstriction caused by interactions between systemic and portal hemodynamics.
Sharon Turban
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Low doses of terlipressin and albumin in the type I hepatorenal syndrome
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND Hepatorenal syndrome is a pre-renal like dysfunction that generally onsets in cirrhotic patients presenting ascites. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated the improvement of renal function in subjects with hepatorenal syndrome after ...
Davide Pulvirenti, Aikaterini Tsami
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Terlipressin for the Prevention and Treatment of Renal Decline in Hepatorenal Syndrome: A Drug Profile [PDF]
Gastroenterology Insights, 2023 Hepatorenal syndrome stands as one of several potential triggers of acute kidney injury in individuals grappling with either acute or persistent liver ailments. The nature of the decline in kidney function has led to the identification of two variants of
Ahlam Ayyad, Rami A. Al-Horani
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Treatment of hepatorenal syndrome [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007 <zakljucak> Hepatorenalni sindrom je funkcionalna insuficijencija bubrega u sklopu terminalne insuficijencije jetre. U patogenezi ovog sindroma ucestvuju hemodinamske promene (snizeni srednji arterijski pritisak i perfuzioni pritisak bubrega) i povecano stvaranje sistemskih i bubreznih vazoaktivnih medijatora sa stimulacijom bubreznog simpatickog
Kezić Aleksandra +2 more
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