Hepatorenal syndrome causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sunny Kumar MD [2]

Overview

The cause of Hepatorenal syndrome [HS] is deteriorating function of liver.

Causes

The cause of Hepatorenal syndrome [HS] is deteriorating function of liver. It happens in following context:

• Liver function goes down which causes portal hypertension
• Portal hypertension causes arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation
• Arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation is due to Nitirc oxide
• Arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation causes decreased blood flow to renal tissue
• Renal tissue is prone to hypo-oxymeia