Progression of Stage 2 and 3 Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis and Ascites

Progression of stage 2 and 3 AKI in cirrhosis has not been adequately characterized. Patients with higher stages of AKI are believed to have worse outcomes. We assessed outcomes and factors associated with stages 2 and 3 AKI in patients with cirrhosis in the North American Consortium for the Study of End-stage Liver Disease (NACSELD) cohort.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - August 11, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Florence Wong, K Rajender Reddy, Puneeta Tandon, Jacqueline G. O ’Leary, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Hugo E. Vargas, Jennifer C. Lai, Scott W. Biggins, Benedict Maliakkal, Michael Fallon, Ram Subramanian, Paul Thuluvath, Patrick S. Kamath, Leroy Thacker, Jas Source Type: research