Hepatorenal syndrome risk factors
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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
Hepatorenal syndrome [HRS] develops on the background of advanced liver disease. HRS may occur spontaneously mostly in type 2 HRS and may be precipitated in >70% of cases of type 1 HRS.
Risk Factors
HRS may occur spontaneously mostly in type 2 HRS and may be precipitated in >70% of cases of type 1 HRS.[1]
Risk factors include:
- Blood pressure that falls when a person rises or suddenly changes position (orthostatic hypotension)
- Use of medicines called diuretics ("water pill")
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Infection
- Recent abdominal fluid tap (paracentesis)
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Severe acute alcohol-related hepatitis
References
- ↑ Wadei HM, Mai ML, Ahsan N, Gonwa TA (2006). "Hepatorenal syndrome: pathophysiology and management". Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 1 (5): 1066–79. doi:10.2215/CJN.01340406. PMID 17699328.