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 .
- SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
- Focal Glomerular Sclerosis (FQS)
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CARDIAC SURGERY
- PULMOIIARY FUNCTION EVALUATION
- ACUTE PANCREATITIS
- Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
- Upper GI Bleeding
- Vitamin Dresistant Rickets
- ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE OF THE EXTREMITIES
- COMMON PRESENTING COMPLAINTS
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- ARTERJAL BLOOD GASES
- Minimal Change Nephropathy
- PERIPHERAL VENOUS DISEASE
- Proteinuria
- Lidocaine
- Bretylium Tosylate
- Alterations in Glomerular Hemodynamics, Parathyroid Hormone Metabolism, and Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure
- TUMORS OF THE PLEURAL SPACE
- DC CARDIOVERSION AND DEFIBRILLATION
- CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS - Clinical Manifestations
- Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
- CLINICAL TESTS OF DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
- Definition
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH MALABSORPTION
- Elimination of Waste Products of Metabolism and Drugs
- DRUGS
- Outcomes of Dialysis
- Procainamide
- Clinical Manifestations
- Improving Case Management
- TREATMENT