Hepatorenal Acute Kidney Injury and the Importance of Raising Mean Arterial Pressure | Zendy

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Hepatorenal Acute Kidney Injury and the Importance of Raising Mean Arterial Pressure

Author(s) -

Juan Carlos Q. Velez,

Manish Kadian,

Margarita Taburyanskaya,

Nicole Bohm,

Tracie A. Delay,

Nithin Karakala,

Don C. Rockey,

Paul J. Nietert,

Andrew J. Goodwin,

Timothy P. Whelan

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the nephron journals/nephron journals

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 2235-3186

pISSN - 1660-8151

DOI - 10.1159/000441151

Subject(s) - midodrine , medicine , mean arterial pressure , octreotide , quartile , creatinine , renal function , hepatorenal syndrome , blood pressure , acute kidney injury , urology , gastroenterology , cardiology , endocrinology , heart rate , somatostatin , cirrhosis , confidence interval , orthostatic vital signs

The efficacy of vasoconstrictors in hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is variable. We hypothesized that the effectiveness of vasoconstrictor therapy in improving kidney function ultimately relates to the magnitude of the achieved mean arterial pressure (MAP) increase.

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