Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis
Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is the end stage of many liver diseases. Objective: To determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis. Results: There were 19 patients (33.3%) in the age group between 60 and 69 years; 31 (54.4%) women and 26 (45.6%) men. Hep...
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| author | Ludmila Martínez Leyva Amada Belquis Palomino Besada Evelyn Quesada Meneses Juan Carlos Oliva Rey Alicia Yanes Cicard Yesael Descalzo García |
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| description | Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is the end stage of many liver diseases.
Objective: To determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis.
Results: There were 19 patients (33.3%) in the age group between 60 and 69 years; 31 (54.4%) women and 26 (45.6%) men. Hepatitis C virus was found in 21 patients (36.8%). 96.4% of the patients were diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound; 12 (21.1%) presented ascites and 38 (66.6%) endoscopic manifestations of portal hypertension. In D'Amico stage 4 there were 20 (35 %) patients and 26 (45.6%) in Child-Pugh A stage; 24 (42.1%) in Child-Pugh B and 7 (12.3%) in Child-Pugh C.
Conclusions: Liver cirrhosis predominates in the seventh decade of life, in females. Abdominal ultrasound prevails as a diagnostic mode. The most common causes are hepatitis C virus and alcoholism. Ascites is the most common complication. Most patients present with signs of portal hypertension. Uncompensated forms of the disease predominate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac2ba7c4b19d45cf8c7433274eedade42025-08-20T02:56:36ZspaEditorial Ciencias Médicas - ECIMEDRevista Cubana de Medicina Militar1561-30462021-10-01504e02101479e02101479475Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosisLudmila Martínez Leyva0Amada Belquis Palomino Besada1Evelyn Quesada Meneses2Juan Carlos Oliva Rey3Alicia Yanes Cicard4Yesael Descalzo García5HMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayHMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayHMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayHMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayHMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayHMC Dr. Carlos J. FinlayIntroduction: Liver cirrhosis is the end stage of many liver diseases. Objective: To determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis. Results: There were 19 patients (33.3%) in the age group between 60 and 69 years; 31 (54.4%) women and 26 (45.6%) men. Hepatitis C virus was found in 21 patients (36.8%). 96.4% of the patients were diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound; 12 (21.1%) presented ascites and 38 (66.6%) endoscopic manifestations of portal hypertension. In D'Amico stage 4 there were 20 (35 %) patients and 26 (45.6%) in Child-Pugh A stage; 24 (42.1%) in Child-Pugh B and 7 (12.3%) in Child-Pugh C. Conclusions: Liver cirrhosis predominates in the seventh decade of life, in females. Abdominal ultrasound prevails as a diagnostic mode. The most common causes are hepatitis C virus and alcoholism. Ascites is the most common complication. Most patients present with signs of portal hypertension. Uncompensated forms of the disease predominate.http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1479cirrosis hepáticahepatitis bhepatitis chepatitis autoinmunecirrosis biliar primariacolangitis esclerosante primaria. |
| spellingShingle | Ludmila Martínez Leyva Amada Belquis Palomino Besada Evelyn Quesada Meneses Juan Carlos Oliva Rey Alicia Yanes Cicard Yesael Descalzo García Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar cirrosis hepática hepatitis b hepatitis c hepatitis autoinmune cirrosis biliar primaria colangitis esclerosante primaria. |
| title | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| title_full | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| title_short | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| title_sort | epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis |
| topic | cirrosis hepática hepatitis b hepatitis c hepatitis autoinmune cirrosis biliar primaria colangitis esclerosante primaria. |
| url | http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1479 |
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