Incidence and course of renal failure in cirrhotic patients with severe bacterial infections without shock according to response to antibiotic treatment and to type of infection
| No response | Response | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBP (n = 21)* | Sepsis unrelated to SBP (n = 9)† | SBP (n = 231)* | Sepsis unrelated to SBP (n = 98)† | |
| *Data on spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are from Follo et al.29 | ||||
| †Data on sepsis unrelated to SBP are from Terra et al.30 | ||||
| No renal failure | 3 (14%) | 2 (22%) | 166 (71%) | 77 (78%) |
| Transient renal failure | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (9%) | 22 (22%) |
| Steady renal failure | 1 (5%) | 2 (22%) | 26 (11%) | 0 (0%) |
| Progressive renal failure | 17 (81%) | 5 (55%) | 18 (7%) | 1 (1%) |