Hepatology

Acute kidney injury

Questions discussed in this category

When giving albumin challenge, for acute kidney injury with suspected hepatorenal syndrome, do you administer a single dose daily or split the dose of albumin?

1 Answer available

Is there a serum ammonium level for which you recommend initiation of dialysis in a patient with hepatic encephalopathy?

3 Answers available

Do you avoid terlipressin for patients with hepatorenal syndrome who have an elevated bilirubin level?

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2023 Oct 17

How We Treat Hyperammonemia in Acute Liver Failure.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

Terlipressin plus Albumin for the Treatment of Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis.

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