Journal
LIVER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 36, Issue 11, Pages 1649-1656Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/liv.13160
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acute kidney injury; cirrhosis; complications of portal hypertension; hepato-renal syndrome
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- Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna [14046]
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BackgroundHepatorenal syndrome (HRS) represents a severe form of renal injury in cirrhotic patients with ascites in the absence of certain triggers. MethodsPatients with cirrhosis and ascites were longitudinally screened for renal dysfunction. HRS was diagnosed by an increase in serum creatinine (SCr) by 100% to 1.5 mg/dl. If specific triggers (i.e. nephrotoxins, parenchymal kidney damage, hypovolaemia, infections) were found, these cases were defined as specifically triggered acute kidney injury (sAKI). ResultsFour hundred ninety-seven cirrhotic patients were screened for AKI and we identified 71 patients with HRS and 84 with sAKI. The most common triggers of sAKI were parenchymal damage in 33%, nephrotoxins in 30% and hypovolaemia in 29%. sAKI patients showed significantly more often complete remission than HRS patients (51% vs. 13%, P < 0.001), whereas persisting impairment of renal function was more common in HRS than in sAKI (56% vs. 37%, P = 0.006). Short-term (30 days) mortality was significantly higher in HRS than in sAKI (62% vs. 45%, P = 0.038). Remission rates and mortality varied between sAKI triggers. Transplant-free survival (TFS) was not significantly, but numerically lower in HRS than in sAKI [14 (IQR: 2-99) vs. 36 (IQR: 5-371) days; P = 0.102]. ConclusionPatients with HRS show worse outcome and higher 30-day mortality than patients with severe triggered AKI. Different triggers of sAKI seem to influence prognosis. Prospective data are needed to implement effective screening and treatment algorithms for kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.
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