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The systemic inflammatory response syndrome is predictive of renal dysfunction in patients with non-paracetamol-induced acute liver failure

Joanna Leithead, James Ferguson, C.M. Bates, John S. Davidson, Amanda Lee, A Bathgate, Peter Hayes, Ken Simpson

Gut · 2008 · 138 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

SIRS is strongly associated with the development of renal dysfunction in patients with non-paracetamol-induced ALF. It is proposed that the systemic inflammatory cascade plays a key role in its pathogenesis.

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