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  2. Renal–hepatic–pancreatic dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Renal–hepatic–pancreatic dysplasia (RHPD) is characterized by unusual kidney cell development, [4] disrupted liver development, [5] and hardening or thickening scar tissue [6] in the pancreas. Through observation of fetuses that had passed away, it was determined that this syndrome has key representative external and microscopic appearances ...

  3. Hepatorenal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Hepatorenal syndrome is a particular and common type of kidney failure that affects individuals with liver cirrhosis or, less commonly, with fulminant liver failure. [1] The syndrome involves constriction of the blood vessels of the kidneys and dilation of blood vessels in the splanchnic circulation, which supplies the intestines. [ 2 ]

  4. Liver failure - Wikipedia

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    Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic functions as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised, acute and chronic (cirrhosis). [ 1 ] Recently, a third form of liver failure known as acute-on-chronic liver failure ( ACLF ) is increasingly being recognized.

  5. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Total organ failure, multisystem organ failure, multiple organ failure: Symptoms: Include, but not limited to: confusion, loss of appetite, fatigue, fever, irregular heartbeat, tachypnea: Causes: Infection, injury, hypermetabolism: Prognosis: Case fatality rate 30–100% depending on the number of organs that failed

  6. Cirrhosis - Wikipedia

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    Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is an acute condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue and regenerative nodules as a result of chronic liver disease.

  7. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is the inability to properly digest food due to a lack or reduction of digestive enzymes made by the pancreas.EPI can occur in humans and is prevalent in many conditions [1] such as cystic fibrosis, [2] Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, [3] different types of pancreatitis, [4] multiple types of diabetes mellitus (Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes), [5] advanced ...