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SUBMITTER: Skytte Larsson J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387193 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Skytte Larsson Jenny J Bragadottir Gudrun G Redfors Bengt B Ricksten Sven-Erik SE
Critical care (London, England) 20170411 1
<h4>Background</h4>Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently after liver transplantation and is associated with the development of chronic kidney disease and increased mortality. There is a lack of data on renal blood flow (RBF), oxygen consumption, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal oxygenation, i.e. the renal oxygen supply/demand relationship, early after liver transplantation. Increased insight into the renal pathophysiology after liver transplantation is needed to improve the preve ...[more]