Kidney disease in the setting of liver failure: Core curriculum 2013

摘要

The neplirology consultant is often asked to evaluate patients who have both liver disease and kidney disease. The spectrum can involve diseases that cause both acute and chronic kidney and liver disease, drugs that are both hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic, and kidney diseases that occur in the setting of preexisting liver disease. Furthermore, ne-phrologists are often called upon to evaluate and manage kidney disease in patients being evaluated for liver transplantation, as well as manage kidney disease that occurs after liver transplantation. Finally, joint decision making as to whether to list a patient for simultaneous liverskidney transplantation often is shared between the nephrologist, hepatologist, and transplant surgeon. This continuum is the subject of this core curriculum.