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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2012 May 6;57(9):2362–2370. doi: 10.1007/s10620-012-2180-x

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Algorithm for the categorization of kidney function.

*International Ascites Club Criteria for HRS (including types I and II):
  1. Presence of cirrhosis and ascites
  2. sCr >1.5 mg/dL (or 133 micromoles/L)
  3. No improvement of sCr (decrease equal to or less than 1.5 mg/dL) after at least 48 hours of diuretic withdrawal and volume expansion.
  4. Absence of shock, current or recent treatment with nephrotoxic drugs
  5. Absence of parenchymal kidney disease as indicated by proteinuria >500 mg/day, microhematuria (>50 RBCs/high power field, and/or abnormal renal ultrasound scanning