Hepatorenal syndrome (Part 1)
This is a retrospective study assessing the accuracy of diagnosis, clinical features and outcome of patients coded with a medical record diagnosis of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) between 1988 and 1998 in...
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The study by Watt et al illustrates this fact. In their cohort of 46 patients, more than 40% of patients with a medical record diagnosis of HRS did not actually have HRS. In fact, 11 of the 46 patients...
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Can we predict which patient with decompensated cirrhosis will develop HRS? In order to answer this question, we need to understand the pathophysiology of HRS. Patients with advanced cirrhosis and...
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Therefore, patients who have clinical evidence of significant arterial vasodilation, such as low arterial blood pressure or tachycardia, should be assessed to receive intravascular volume replacement...
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