2021
Admission Urinary and Serum Metabolites Predict Renal Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis
Bajaj JS, Garcia‐Tsao G, Reddy KR, O’Leary J, Vargas HE, Lai JC, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Subramanian RM, Thuluvath P, Fagan A, Sehrawat T, de la Rosa Rodriguez R, Thacker LR, Wong F. Admission Urinary and Serum Metabolites Predict Renal Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatology 2021, 74: 2699-2713. PMID: 34002868, PMCID: PMC9338693, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryPrediction of AKIClinical variablesSerum/urineSerum metabolitesBranched-chain amino acid metabolitesLiver disease centerNorth American ConsortiumRole of serumAmino acid metabolitesAdmission urinaryAKI developmentAKI subgroupCirrhosis cohortRenal outcomesRenoprotective measuresKidney injuryAKI predictionCirrhosis severityDialysis initiationHospitalized patientsPoor prognosisUrine metabolomicsEarly initiationSpecific admission
2019
Outcomes After Listing for Liver Transplant in Patients With Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure: The Multicenter North American Consortium for the Study of End‐Stage Liver Disease Experience
O’Leary J, Bajaj JS, Tandon P, Biggins SW, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia‐Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Lai J, Fallon M, Vargas HE, Thuluvath P, Subramanian R, Thacker LR, Reddy K. Outcomes After Listing for Liver Transplant in Patients With Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure: The Multicenter North American Consortium for the Study of End‐Stage Liver Disease Experience. Liver Transplantation 2019, 25: 571-579. PMID: 30724010, PMCID: PMC11075742, DOI: 10.1002/lt.25426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureAdultDisease ProgressionEnd Stage Liver DiseaseFemaleHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansLiver CirrhosisLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedNorth AmericaProspective StudiesRenal DialysisSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival RateTime-to-TreatmentWaiting ListsConceptsChronic liver failureLiver transplantationNorth American ConsortiumLiver failureEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreEnd-stage liver diseaseAmerican ConsortiumExtrahepatic organ failureAcute kidney injuryLiver Disease scoreOutcomes of patientsPost-LT survivalPerioperative dialysisRenal recoveryKidney injuryLiver transplantOrgan failureLiver diseaseMedian timeMedian MELDACLFSimilar survivalDisease experienceDisease scorePatients
2008
Acute kidney injury in cirrhosis
Garcia‐Tsao G, Parikh CR, Viola A. Acute kidney injury in cirrhosis. Hepatology 2008, 48: 2064-2077. PMID: 19003880, DOI: 10.1002/hep.22605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryAcute renal failureHepatorenal syndromeKidney injurySerum creatinineSpecific therapyEffective arterial blood volumeUseful bridging therapyAcute tubular necrosisRenal blood flowSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisArterial blood volumeBridging therapyLiver transplantationPrerenal azotemiaRenal dysfunctionRenal failureTubular necrosisBacterial peritonitisVasodilatory stateRelative hypovolemiaVolume repletionCommon causeCirrhosisBlood flow