Clinical Spectrum of Renal Disorders in Patients with Cirrhosis of Liver
Open Access
- 10 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Renal Failure
- Vol. 33 (1), 40-46
- https://doi.org/10.3109/0886022x.2010.541582
Abstract
Background: There are limited studies describing various renal disorders and their prognostic impact in patients with cirrhosis of liver. The aim of this work was to study the clinical spectrum of renal disorders in patients with cirrhosis of liver and their prognostic impact. Methods: Patients with diagnosis of cirrhosis of liver were included in this study. Cirrhosis was diagnosed using standard clinical criteria. The cirrhotic patients were prospectively analyzed for the presence of renal diseases during the study period from January 2008 to April 2009. Results: Four hundred and four patients were included in this study and renal diseases were present in 44% (n = 178) patients. The spectrum of renal diseases were acute kidney injury (AKI; 24.5%), chronic kidney disease (CKD; 15.6%), acute on chronic renal failure (1.5%), nephritic syndrome (1.5%), and nephrotic syndrome (1%). The types of AKI were acute tubular necrosis (ATN; 44.4%), prerenal failure (36.4%), and hepatorenal syndrome (19.2%). The incidence of renal diseases was 15.7% in class A, 50% in class B, and 54.8% in class C cirrhosis. There was significant increase in mortality in patients with class C cirrhosis versus without renal disease (78.1% vs. 53.2%; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Renal diseases were present in a significant proportion (44%) of cirrhotic patients. ATN was the commonest form of AKI and we noted that the prevalence of CKD was 15.6% in our cirrhotic patients. The incidence of renal disease increased with increase in severity of cirrhosis of liver. The presence of renal disease seems to have adverse prognostic impact on class C cirrhosis.Keywords
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