Vnitr Lek 2006, 52(6):649-650

Diagnostics and therapy of hepatorenal syndrome. Recommendations of of the working group on portal hypertension of the Czech Hepatology Society and the J. E. Purkinje Czech Medical Society.

R. Brůha1,*, K. Balihar6, P. Drastich2, P. Hůlek3, J. Lata4, J. Petrtýl1, V. Procházka5, J. Špičák2, T. Vaňásek3, M. Volfová3, P. Zdeněk6
1 IV. interní klinika 1. lékařské fakulty UK a VFN, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Aleš Žák, DrSc.
2 Klinika hepatogastroenterologie IKEM, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. Julius Špičák, CSc.
3 II. interní klinika Lékařské fakulty UK a FN Hradec Králové, přednosta prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Malý, CSc.
4 Interní gastroenterologická klinika Lékařské fakulty MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednosta prof. MUDr. Petr Dítě, DrSc.
5 II. interní klinika Lékařské fakulty UP a FN Olomouc, přednosta doc. MUDr. Vlastimil Procházka, Ph.D.
6 I. interní klinika Lékařské fakulty UK a FN Plzeň, přednosta †prof. MUDr. Karel Opatrný jr, DrSc.

Hepatorenal syndrome is a functional renal failure in patients with advanced cirrhosis and portal hypertension or acute liver failure. It is caused by extreme vasoconstriction in renal arterial bed. Type I HRS presents as an acute renal failure, while type II HRS is chronic alteration of renal function in patients with refractory ascites. Prognosis of HRS is very poor with survival reaching several weeks in patients with HRS type I. Causal treatment is liver transplantation, other treatment options include use of splanchnic vasoconstrictors (terlipressin) together with plasmaexpansion (albumin) and TIPS. It is important to exclude nephrotoxic medication (non-steroid anti inflammatory drugs, aminoglycosides) and properly treat all infective complications in prevention of HRS.

Keywords: cirrhosis; hepatorenal syndrome; portal hypertension

Received: May 30, 2006; Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation

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Brůha R, Balihar K, Drastich P, Hůlek P, Lata J, Petrtýl J, et al.. Diagnostics and therapy of hepatorenal syndrome. Recommendations of of the working group on portal hypertension of the Czech Hepatology Society and the J. E. Purkinje Czech Medical Society. Vnitr Lek. 2006;52(6):649-650.
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