MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS
The major sequelae of cirrhosis are:
1. Portal hypertension, with its attendant complications of (a) variceal hemorrhage, and (b) splenomegaly and hypersplenism.
2. Liver failure.
3. Ascites, which may be further complicated by spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
4. The hepatorenal syndrome.
5. Portosystemic (hepatic) encephalopathy.
6. Hepatocellular carcinoma.
The pathophysiological interrelationships among these complications are shown diagrammatically in Figure .
- Diagnosis
- DEFINITION
- ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
- MECHANISMS OF ARRHYTHMOGENESIS
- LIVER ABSCESS
- EMBOLIC DISEASE
- CLINICAL FEATURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- Amiodarone
- CARDIAC DEVELOPMENT
- GENERAL SURGERY IN THE PATIENT WITH HEART DISEASE
- PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
- Progressive Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
- TRAMSPLATTTATION
- Clinical Manifestations
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CORONARY CIRCULATION
- CHARACTERISTICS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN
- MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH RENAL DISEASE
- HYPERKINETIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- ATRIAL RHYTHM DISTURBANCES
- TREATMENT
- PRE-EXCITATIOIi SYNDROMES
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
- Studies of Pancreatic Structure and Function
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- ETIOLOGY
- DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
- Other Clearly Extrinsic Causes of Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease
- SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISORDERS
- PROSTHETIC VALVES
- PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE
- Mixed Glomerulopathies
- LABORATORY TESTS IN LIVER DISEASE