Working Party proposal for a revised classification system of renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis

Wong, Florence; Nadim, Mitra K.; Kellum, John A.; Salerno, Francesco; Bellomo, Rinaldo; Gerbes, Alexander; Angeli, Paolo; Moreau, Richard; Davenport, Andrew; Jalan, Rajiv; Ronco, Claudio; Genyk, Yuri und Arroyo, Vicente (May 2011): Working Party proposal for a revised classification system of renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis. In: Gut, Vol. 60, No. 5: pp. 702-709

Abstract

To propose an improvement on the current classification of renal dysfunction in cirrhosis. Clinicians caring for patients with cirrhosis recognize that the development of renal dysfunction is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While most cases of renal dysfunction in cirrhosis are functional in nature, developed as a result of changes in haemodynamics, cardiac function, and renal auto-regulation, there is an increasing number of patients with cirrhosis and structural changes in their kidney as a cause of renal dysfunction. Therefore, there is a need for a newer classification to include both functional and structural renal diseases.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Faculties: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 1468-3288
• Alliance/National Licence: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
• Language: English