Hepatorenal syndrome is the dreaded complication of end-stage liver disease characterized by functional renal failure due to renal vasoconstriction in the absence of underlying kidney pathology.

Liver cirrhosis has two basic stages. If you find out you have ... Your liver disease can also lead to a kidney disease called hepatorenal syndrome, a lung disease called hepatopulmonary syndrome ...

Pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury. Cirrhosis leads to an elevation in intrahepatic vascular resistance. Splanchnic vasodilation increases the production of vasodilators ...