Highly Accessed Letter

Hepatorenal syndrome: one size does not fit all

Amay Parikh1* and Vivek K Moitra2

Author Affiliations

1 Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 630 West 165th Street, PH4-124, New York, NY 10032, USA

2 Department of Anesthesia, Division of Critical Care, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, P&S Box 46, New York, NY 10032, USA

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Critical Care 2012, 16:421 doi:10.1186/cc11246


See related research by Nadim et al., http://ccforum.com/content/16/1/R23

Published: 30 March 2012

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

We read with interest the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) VIII consensus statements on the treatment of patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) and acute kidney injury [1]. While we appreciate the authors' discussion, we question the hemodynamic recommendations and suggest further areas of study (Section III in [1]).