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Hepatorenal syndrome primary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sunny Kumar MD [2]

Overview

There is no primary prevention of hepatorenal syndrome.

Primary Prevention

There is no primary prevention of hepatorenal syndrome. Albumin reduces development of renal failure in patients having liver disease.[1]

References

  1. Sort P, Navasa M, Arroyo V, Aldeguer X, Planas R, Ruiz-del-Arbol L; et al. (1999). “Effect of intravenous albumin on renal impairment and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis”. N Engl J Med. 341 (6): 403–9. doi:10.1056/NEJM199908053410603. PMID 10432325.

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