Hepatorenal Syndrome

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Synonyms

Hepato-Renal Syndrome
HRS

Disorder Subdivisions

None

General Discussion

Hepatorenal Syndrome includes two types of progressive, kidney (renal) failure which are the result of severe LIVER disease: NOT of primary KIDNEY dysfunction. In each case, symptoms such as yellowing of the skin (jaundice) and urination problems occur in the two types of this liver disease.

The blood circulation of Hepatorenal Syndrome patients has unique features. The volume of blood circulated by the heart, (cardiac output), is above normal. The arteries that circulate oxygenated blood from the lungs to the rest of the body (systemic circulation) widen in contrast to the arteries of the kidney, which narrow causing a decrease in the blood flow through the kidney.

Resources

American Association of Kidney Patients
3505 East Frontage Road
Suite 315
Tampa, FL 33607
USA
Tel: 8136368100
Fax: 8136368122
Tel: 8007492257
Email: info@aakp.org
Internet: http://www.aakp.org

American Kidney Fund, Inc.
6110 Executive Boulevard
Suite 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
Tel: 3018813052
Fax: 3018810898
Tel: 8006388299
Email: helpline@kindeyfund.org
Internet: http://www.kidneyfund.org

American Liver Foundation
75 Maiden Lane
Suite 603
New York, NY 10038
USA
Tel: 2126681000
Fax: 2124838179
Tel: 8004654837
Email: info@liverfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.liverfoundation.org

American Urological Association Foundation
1000 Corporate Blvd.
Linthicum, MD 21090
USA
Tel: 4106893700
Fax: 4106893800
Tel: 8667464282
Email: auafoundation@auafoundation.org
Internet: http://www.auafoundation.org

NIH/National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
3 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3580
Tel: (800)891-5390
Email: nkudic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/

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Last Updated: 8/8/2007
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