Hepatorenal syndrome causes
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Causes
Causes
The cause of Hepatorenal syndrome (HS) is deteriorating function of liver.
It happens in following context:[1][2][3]
- Liver function goes down which causes portal hypertension.
- Portal hypertension causes arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation.
- Arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation is due to nitirc oxide.
- Arterial vasodilatation in the splanchnic circulation causes decreased blood flow to renal tissue.
- Renal tissue is prone to the hypoxemia.
For causes of liver failure click here.
References
References
- ↑ Pillebout E (2014). “[Hepatorenal syndrome]”. Nephrol Ther. 10 (1): 61–8. doi:10.1016/j.nephro.2013.11.005. PMID 24388293.
- ↑ Egerod Israelsen M, Gluud LL, Krag A (2015). “Acute kidney injury and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis”. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 30 (2): 236–43. doi:10.1111/jgh.12709. PMID 25160511.
- ↑ Prabhu MV, Sukanya B, Santosh Pai BH, Reddy S (2014). “[The hepatorenal syndrome – a review]”. G Ital Nefrol. 31 (3). PMID 25030015.
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