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Is there any potential or additive effect of anemia on hepatorenal syndrome?
Author(s) -
Gökhan Güngör,
Murat Akyıldız,
Muharrem Keskin,
Yalçın Solak,
Abduzhappar Gaipov,
Murat Bıyık,
Sami Çifçi,
Hüseyin Ataseven,
Hakkı POLAT,
Ali Demir
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the turkish journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2148-5607
pISSN - 1300-4948
DOI - 10.5152/tjg.2016.16029
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatorenal syndrome , cirrhosis , anemia , hematocrit , gastroenterology , ascites , renal function , creatinine , hyperdynamic circulation , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , portal hypertension
Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a severe complication of advanced cirrhosis and is characterized by renal dysfunction and poor survival rates. Although anemia is a non-rare condition in advanced liver cirrhosis, there is no publication regarding the potential or additive effects of anemia on HRS and renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis. We investigated whether severe anemia is a precipitant factor for HRS.

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