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Are there instances when you offer dialysis to patients with high-risk hepatorenal syndrome who are not transplant candidates?

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In which of the following circumstances would you offer dialysis to a patient with hepatorenal syndrome who is not a transplant candidate?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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Yes. I have done that. Prognosis remains poor but dialysis can sometimes give patients a few more weeks or even months.

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Nephrology · Penn Medicine Cherry Hill
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I never say never. The diagnosis of HRS is not 100% accurate. Particularly in a young person, but in others as well, if it seemed like there was an acute event, I might offer a time limited period of dialysis.

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