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Incidence and factors predictive of acute renal failure in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis

Clinical NephrologyPublished 1 January 2006
Chia‐Chao Wu, L.-K. Yeung, W.-S. Tsai, C.-F. Tseng, Peter Chu, T.-Y. Huang
Citations108
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TL;DR

The risk of ARF is significantly increased in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis presenting with marked hyperbilirubinemia, hyponatremia, elevated liver enzymes, infection, and GI bleeding, which leads to higher mortality rates in both viral and alcohol-induced liver Cirrhosis.

Abstract

The risk of ARF is significantly increased in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis presenting with marked hyperbilirubinemia, hyponatremia, elevated liver enzymes, infection, and GI bleeding. The presence of ARF leads to higher mortality rates in both viral and alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis.

Keywords

MedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics