Tag Archives: cirrhosis
The Pathophysiology of Edematous Diseases
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 29th April 2013Below is a PowerPoint presentation that I will give to the South Plains Kidney Foundation Medical Symposium this coming Friday, May 3. PowerPoint Edema
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Hepatorenal Syndrome – Slide Presentation
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 17th November 2012Below is the PowerPoint presentation of a talk on the Hepatorenal Syndrome that I gave today to the Fall Medical/Surgical Conference sponsored jointly by the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza Medical Society and the Covenant Health System. Click to download the PowerPoint presentation Hepatorenal Syndrome
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Hepatorenal Syndrome
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd September 2009The September 24th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has an excellent review article by Ginès and Schrier on Renal Failure in Cirrhosis. It reviews the pathogenesis of the circulatory events by which severe liver disease compromises renal function. Surprisingly, the authors omit a key step in the pathophysiology of compensated cirrhosis. Look…
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