Renal failure in cirrhosis: Is it time to change the diagnosis and classification

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-344

  Liangpunsakul, Suthat ^a,b   Agarwal, Rajiv ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Div of Gastroenterology/Hepatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 2; INULIN; IOTALAMIC ACID; KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE 1; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; NITRIC OXIDE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; KIDNEY FAILURE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885039735     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355570     Document Type: Review

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