Acute kidney injury and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis
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Acute kidney injury and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis.
Cirrhosis is the eighth leading cause of "years of lost life" in the United States and accounts for approximately 1% to 2% of all deaths in Europe. Patients with cirrhosis have a high risk of developing acute kidney injury. The clinical characteristics of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) are similar to prerenal uremia, but the condition does not respond to volume expansion. HRS type 1 is rapidly prog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0815-9319
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12709