| Autor: |
Ludmila Martínez Leyva, Amada Belquis Palomino Besada, Evelyn Quesada Meneses, Juan Carlos Oliva Rey, Alicia Yanes Cicard, Yesael Descalzo García |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar, Vol 50, Iss 4, Pp e02101479-e02101479 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1561-3046 |
| Popis: |
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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