title: Hepatorenal syndrome.
abstract: Among the many causes of renal failure in patients who have advanced liver disease, functional renal failure occurring in the absence of parenchymal kidney disease, better known as hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), is the most frequent cause of renal dysfunction in patients who have cirrhosis. This article focuses on the pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostic approach, and current treatment of HRS in cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Villaroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gines
mesh_terms: D006530:Hepatorenal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents