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Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a life-threatening
medical condition that
consists of
rapid deterioration in
kidney function in
individuals with cirrhosis...
- The
hepatorenal recess (subhepatic recess,
pouch of
Morison or Morison's pouch) is the
subhepatic space that
separates the
liver from the
right kidney...
- The
hepatorenal ligament is the fold of
peritoneum that
extends from the
lower posterior surface of the
liver to the
anterior surface of the
right kidney...
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Terlipressin is
indicated to
improve kidney function in
adults with
hepatorenal syndrome with
rapid reduction in
kidney function.
Indications for use...
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urinary tract/bladder infection, glucosuria,
renal artery stenosis,
hepatorenal syndrome,
decreased blood flow to the
kidney (especially as a result...
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Hepatorenal syndrome is a
serious complication of end-stage
cirrhosis when
kidney damage is also involved. The
annual risk of
developing hepatorenal syndrome...
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bacterial peritonitis,
variceal hemorrhage,
hepatic encephalopathy,
hepatorenal syndrome, and cardiomyopathy.
Signs and
symptoms of
portal hypertension...
- of
hepatorenal tyrosinemia and its variants.
Shortly thereafter, a
Canadian group also
described the
clinical and
laboratory findings of
hepatorenal tyrosinemia...
- of the kidney.
Extreme disruption of the
renal blood flow can lead to
hepatorenal syndrome.
Other complications of
ascites include spontaneous bacterial...
- brim. Superiorly, it is
continuous with the
peritoneum which lines the
hepatorenal pouch and,
through the
epiploic foramen, the
lesser sac. The left paracolic...
