Thread by @hswapnil

JC @VelezNephHepato blows up the IAC criteria for defining #Hepatorenal syndrome

Really impractical and not useful
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Interestingly enough, norepinephrine is possibly very similar to Terlipressin in hepatorenal syndrome as long as the MAP goes up (which is key!) @VelezNephHepato at
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Don’t miss abdominal compartment syndrome
@VelezNephHepato dates himself by mentioning this entity didn’t exist when he went to med school (neither for me 👴🏻
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And lots of albumin use > volume overload

There may be underlying ‘hepatocardiorenal syndrome’

@VelezNephHepato at #ApexPathshala

The summary from @VelezNephHepato

AKI in cirrhosis is complicated, it’s not all HRS, diagnoses can overlap

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