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. 1975 Aug;51(598):492–497. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.51.598.492

Clinical types and drug therapy of renal impairment in cirrhosis

J Rodés, J Bosch, V Arroyo
PMCID: PMC2496268  PMID: 1234328

Abstract

Four separate types of renal failure in cirrhosis are described: functional renal failure; diuretic induced uraemia; acute tubular necrosis; chronic intrinsic renal disease.

Functional renal failure may arise spontaneously or be precipitated by such factors as haemorrhage, surgery, or infection. It carries a poor prognosis but preliminary results of treating this condition with plasma volume expansion in combination with high doses of furosemide are encouraging.

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