Identifying the trigger matters – outcome of severe acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis and ascites
T Bucsics, M Mandorfer, P Schwabl, S Bota, M Trauner, W Sieghart, A Ferlitsch, M Peck-Radosavljevic, T Reiberger · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2015 · Heft 05
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Background: Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is considered a severe form of acute kidney injury (AKI) that occurs in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. HRS diagnosis requires the exclusion of common triggers of AKI to ensure true “hepatic” etiology of AKI. Aims and methods: A consecutive cohort of adult patients with cirrhosis, ascites and AKI episodes was included. AKI and HRS were diagnosed according to the new criteria of the International Ascites Club (HRS- AKI, IAC 2015). Other AKI episodes that did not meet HRS criteria were recorded as severe “non-hepatic” but specifically-triggered AKI (sAKI, corresponding t…
