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- Title
Renal failure in chronic liver disease and the hepatorenal syndrome.
- Authors
Srivastava, Brijesh; Alexander, Graeme J. M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the aetiology and treatment of renal failure in chronic liver disease or liver cirrhosis, and explains the hepatorenal syndrome. It offers information on the circulatory disturbances in cirrhosis, and explores the investigations required in acute kidney injury. The article outlines the treatment options for hepatorenal syndrome, which include vasoconstrictor drugs, albumin infusion, transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts, and liver transplantation.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of acute kidney failure; ACUTE kidney failure; CHRONIC diseases; CHRONIC kidney failure; FLUID therapy; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; HEPATORENAL syndrome; LIVER failure; LIVER transplantation; REFERENCE values; SALT-free diet; VASOCONSTRICTORS; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources; EVIDENCE-based medicine; ALBUMINS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2011, Vol 72, Issue 9, p497
- ISSN
1750-8460
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/hmed.2011.72.9.497