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This study aims to find biomarkers that can diagnose HRS at an early stage, to enable treatment as soon as possible.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Acute decompensated cirrhotic patients who had been admitted to hospital were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. Blood and urinary samples were collected immediately after admission. In addition to initially categorizing AKI cases into PRA, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), and HRS groups, their final diagnosis was adjudicated by a nephrologist and a hepatologist who checked the corrected and misclassification rates for significant biomarkers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The cut\u2010off values for serum adrenomedullin and urinary thromboxane B<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>(TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), when used as predictors for functional AKI (adrenomedullin &gt;283 pg\/mL, urinary TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>&gt;978 [pg\/mg urinary creatinine]), for HRS (adrenomedullin &gt;428, urinary TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\u2009&gt;1604), and for good terlipressin plus albumin treatment responders (adrenomedullin\u2009&gt;490, urinary TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\u2009&gt;1863), were observed. Patients with HRS who could be treated, due to high mortality, had significantly higher serum adrenomedullin and urinary TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>levels compared to HRS patients receiving standard treatment. In addition to predicting 60\u2010day mortality, a combination of these two markers further increased diagnostic accuracy for HRS among functional AKI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prompt diagnosis of HRS by differentiating it from PRA and ATN can be achieved by using serum adrenomedullin and urinary TXB<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>in acute decompensated cirrhotic patients. 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