[Evaluation of the renal replacement therapy on the liver transplant patients with acute renal failure].

Objective: To analyze the preoperative risk factors on liver transplant recipients with acute renal failure(ARF), and to evaluate renal replacement therapy (RRT) as a transitonary therapy before liver transplantation.

Methods: Liver transplant recipients with acute renal failure treated with renal replacement therapy between January 1st, 2001 and January 1st, 2008 in our center were retrospected. Clinical characteristics, the kinds of RRT and prognosis were analyzed; Logistic regression was applied to analyze the parameters that can forecast the motality of the liver transplant recipients with acute renal failure.

[Roles of endothelin and nitrogen monoxide in the adenine-induced acute renal failure models].

Objective: To determine the roles of endothelin (ET) and nitrogen monoxide (NO) in the adenine-induced acute renal failure (ARF) models.

Methods: ARF models were established by feeding adenine in rats. The activity of NO synthase (NOS) in kidneys of rats was tested by NADPH-diaphorase.