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  • Thumbnail for Hepatorenal syndrome
    "Ornipressin in the treatment of functional renal failure in decompensated liver cirrhosis. Effects on renal hemodynamics and atrial natriuretic factor"...
    45 KB (5,473 words) - 03:45, 1 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ascites
    is liver cirrhosis. Other causes include cancer, heart failure, tuberculosis, pancreatitis, and blockage of the hepatic vein. In cirrhosis, the underlying...
    27 KB (2,930 words) - 16:26, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Acute kidney injury
    cardiogenic shock, heart failure, cirrhosis, and certain medications like ACE inhibitors or NSAIDs. Intrinsic renal causes of AKI include glomerulonephritis...
    41 KB (4,638 words) - 09:33, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Renal papillary necrosis
    urogenital tract, sickle cell disease, tuberculosis, cirrhosis of the liver, analgesia/alcohol use disorder, renal vein thrombosis, diabetes mellitus, and systemic...
    8 KB (690 words) - 13:28, 13 February 2024
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    immune related damage. This can lead to scarring (fibrosis) and cirrhosis. Cirrhosis increases the resistance to blood flow in the liver, and can result...
    85 KB (10,183 words) - 03:22, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glomerular filtration rate
    Renal functions include maintaining an acid–base balance; regulating fluid balance; regulating sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes; clearing toxins;...
    54 KB (7,456 words) - 16:18, 24 May 2024
  • compartment. This concept is useful for discussion of cardiovascular and renal physiology. Though ECV normally varies with extracellular fluid (ECF), they...
    2 KB (173 words) - 17:24, 15 March 2021
  • Thumbnail for Portal hypertension
    paraumbilical vein, spleno–renal collaterals and dilated left and short gastric veins), splenomegaly and signs of cirrhosis (including nodularity of the...
    28 KB (2,972 words) - 05:24, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Avenciguat
    cyclase activator developed by Boehringer Ingelheim for kidney disease, and cirrhosis. Cherney, David Z. I.; de Zeeuw, Dick; Heerspink, Hiddo J. L.; Cardona...
    6 KB (358 words) - 00:35, 18 December 2023
  • hyponatremia, especially in patients with congestive heart failure, liver cirrhosis or SIADH. The "vaptan" drugs act by directly blocking the action of vasopressin...
    10 KB (1,057 words) - 22:03, 12 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hypoalbuminemia
    such as malnutrition as a result of severe anorexia nervosa, sepsis, cirrhosis in the liver, nephrotic syndrome in the kidneys, or protein-losing enteropathy...
    23 KB (2,561 words) - 17:10, 11 February 2024
  • associated with aconite poisoning, altered mental status, trauma, cirrhosis, and renal disease; suggesting a common pathway of frontal lobe dysfunction...
    3 KB (308 words) - 19:23, 13 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fibrosis
    with hepatic dysfunction. Cirrhosis CYR61 induction of cellular senescence in the kidney has shown potential to limit renal fibrosis. Glial scar Myocardial...
    13 KB (1,383 words) - 04:19, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hyperammonemia
    excessive alcohol consumption are common causes of cirrhosis. The physiologic consequences of cirrhosis include shunting of blood from the liver to the inferior...
    12 KB (1,210 words) - 18:53, 18 March 2024
  • patients with hepatitis C who have developed cirrhosis. In addition, patients with Wilson's disease or cirrhosis due to viral hepatitis may have an AST that...
    8 KB (954 words) - 19:36, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Distal renal tubular acidosis
    Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is the classical form of RTA, being the first described. Distal RTA is characterized by a failure of acid secretion...
    12 KB (1,321 words) - 17:11, 29 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hepatitis B
    cases. Most of those with chronic disease have no symptoms; however, cirrhosis and liver cancer eventually develop in about 25% of those with chronic...
    84 KB (9,333 words) - 03:19, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Esophageal varices
    are most often a consequence of portal hypertension, commonly due to cirrhosis. People with esophageal varices have a strong tendency to develop severe...
    12 KB (1,184 words) - 05:17, 18 May 2024
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    This condition, called portal hypertension, is a major complication of cirrhosis. In abdominal obesity fats, inflammatory cytokines and other toxic substances...
    14 KB (1,382 words) - 15:38, 8 May 2024
  • certain diseases (such as the Budd–Chiari syndrome, heart failure, or liver cirrhosis) that increase the hydrostatic pressure in the circulatory system. The...
    4 KB (477 words) - 20:13, 9 September 2023
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