Predictors of hepatorenal syndrome in alcoholic liver cirrhosis

• Published in: Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacký, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia Vol. 159; no. 4; pp. 661 - 665
• Main Authors: Janicko, Martin, Veseliny, Eduard, Senajova, Gabriela, Jarcuska, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Czech Republic Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Acute Kidney Injury - etiology; Albumins - therapeutic use; alcohol; Analysis of Variance; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Female; Follow-Up Studies; hepatorenal syndrome; Hepatorenal Syndrome - diagnosis; Hepatorenal Syndrome - drug therapy; Hepatorenal Syndrome - etiology; Humans; liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - complications; Lypressin - analogs & derivatives; Lypressin - therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; predictors; Risk Factors; alcohol; predictors; liver cirrhosis; hepatorenal syndrome
• ISSN: 1213-8118; 1804-7521
• DOI: 10.5507/bp.2015.010

Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and the hepatorenal syndrome is a serious complication. Risk factors for hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) in alcoholic liver cirrhosis are not entirely explored. To assess the risk factors for hepatorenal syndrome in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Consecutive patients with alcoholic liver disease were followed for two months, development of renal failure, classified either as HRS or renal failure not fulfilling criteria of HRS, was the main outcome. Of 171 patients, 14 (8.2%) developed HRS and 13 (7.6%), renal failure not fulfilling the HRS criteria. A significant difference was found between patients with and without HRS in serum sodium (131.1±3.8 vs. 135.7±5.2; P = 0.003), creatinine, (94.1±26.8 vs. 80.3±20.2; P < 0.001), albumin (23.5±4.9 vs. 29.9±5.8; P < 0.001), INR (1.76±0.45 vs. 1.44±0.41; P < 0.001), bilirubin (252.3±179.4 vs. 91.2±101.0; P < 0.001), MELD (23±6 vs 15±5; P < 0.001) and MELD-Na score (27±5 vs. 18±6; P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis adjusted for sex and age showed that sodium together with creatinine are the strongest HRS predictors, followed by bilirubin with respective odds´ ratios (95% CI) of 1.041 (1.012-1.072) for creatinine, 0.870 (0.766-0.988) for serum sodium and 1.005 (1.001-1.010) for serum bilirubin. Serum levels of sodium, creatinine and bilirubin are important predictors of the hepatorenal syndrome.