ETIOLOGY
Most of the conditions that may lead to cirrhosis are rarely encountered. Alcohol is by far the commonest cause of cirrhosis in the Western world, while hepatitis B is a major cause in the Third World. Cryptogenic cirrhosis is a diagnosis of exclusion, but many cases are likely to be an end result of chronic non-A, non-B infection. Causes of hepatic fibrosis alone (e.g., schistosomiasis, which leads to fibrosis of portal venous radicles and portal hypertension) are not classified as causes of cirrhosis, because the hepatic lobular pattern is well preserved and hepatocellular dysfunction (e.g., disordered protein synthesis) is usually lacking.
- GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
- ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OBLITERANS
- LABORATORY TESTS OF LIVER FUNCTION AND DISEASE
- TREATMENT OF MALABSORPTION
- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WJTH SUSPECTED MALDIGESTION AND/OR MALABSORPTION
- New Eligibility System
- Urolithiasis
- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED ARRHYTHMIAS
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
- Endocrine and Other Considerations
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH MALABSORPTION
- PATHOLOGY
- PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM
- Diet
- MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
- Disopyramide
- MECHANISMS OF ARRHYTHMOGENESIS
- Resuscitation
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CARDIAC SURGERY
- LIMITATION OF MFARCT SIZE
- ARTERIAL TRAUMA
- Uremic Osteodystrophy
- MULTISYSTEM DISEASE WITH RENAL INVOLVEMENT
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- NORMAL ABSORPTION
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ENDSTAGE RENAL DISEASE
- Outcomes of Dialysis
- ARTERJAL BLOOD GASES
- SPECIFIC PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS
- NONRESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE LUNG
- Verapamil
- ACUTE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
- Visualization of the Biliary Tree
- Pathogenic Mechanisms
- DRUGS