Open AccessShort-Term Pretransplant Renal Replacement Therapy and Renal Nonrecovery after Liver Transplantation Alone
Author(s) -
Pratima Sharma,
Nathan P. Goodrich,
Min Zhang,
Mary K. Guidinger,
Douglas E. Schaubel,
Robert M. Merion
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09600912
Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , liver transplantation , transplantation , urology , cardiology
Candidates with AKI including hepatorenal syndrome often recover renal function after successful liver transplantation (LT). This study examined the incidence and risk factors associated with renal nonrecovery within 6 months of LT alone among those receiving acute renal replacement therapy (RRT) before LT.
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