title: Renal outcomes after liver transplantation in fulminant hepatitis A with acute kidney injury: comparison with hepatorenal syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Liver transplantation (LT) is the treatment of choice for hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). Recently, acute kidney injury (AKI) due to acute hepatitis A (HA) is increasing, but the outcome of LT is not well established. We investigated the outcomes of LT in patients with AKI due to acute HA compared with those of patients with HRS due to other causes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated the outcomes of LT in 20 patients with AKI associated with acute HA (HAV group) compared with 76 patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) due to other causes (HRS group) at 3 Korea centers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preoperative mean prothrombin time and serum creatinine level were higher in the HAV group than in the HRS group. But mean total bilirubin level was lower in the HAV group. There was no difference in Model for End-Stage Liver Disease scores. Post-transplantation patient and graft survival rates were similar between the 2 groups. More patients in the HAV group needed post-transplantation hemodialysis than in the HRS group (65.0% vs 38.2%; P = .043). However, post-transplantation estimated glomerular filtration rate was significantly higher in the HAV group after post-transplantation month 2 (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peri-transplantation kidney function of the HAV group was poorer than that of HRS group. However, post-transplantation long-term renal outcome could be better in the HAV group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Gwak
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: nephrolee@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006085:Graft Survival; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006530:Hepatorenal Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome