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Table 4 Diagnostic and severity criteria for sinusoidal obstruction syndrome

From: Clinical review: Specific aspects of acute renal failure in cancer patients

Diagnostic criteria

Hepatomegaly

Ā 

Sudden weight gain (+ 2% of body weight)

Ā 

Jaundice (total bilirubin >34 Ī¼mol/l)

Ā 

Right upper quadrant pain

Ā 

No other cause:

Ā 

Budd-Chiari syndrome

Ā 

Sepsis

Ā 

Heart failure

Ā 

Graft versus host disease

Other symptoms

Cytolysis

Ā 

Gall bladder wall thickening

Ā 

Portal hypertension

Ā 

Multiple organ failure

Ā 

Thrombocytopenia

Severe sinusoidal obstruction syndrome

Multiple organ failure

Ā 

Thrombocytopenia

Ā 

Cytolysis with ASAT or ALAT >750 IU/l

Ā 

Confusion or disorientation

Ā 

Maximum total bilirubin or severity of weight gain

  1. LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; TLS, tumour lysis syndrome.