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.
- Aspiration Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS
- NORMAL GASTRIC PHYSIOLOGY
- Treatment
- HHSC Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
- PRE-EXCITATIOIi SYNDROMES
- Mixed Glomerulopathies
- TRAMSPLATTTATION
- CARDIOMYOPATHY
- CLINICAL AMD LABORATORY FEATURES
- Gardner's Syndrome
- Aminoaciduria
- VASCULAR DISEASE OF THE LIVER
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- DRUGS
- CHARACTERISTICS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN
- ACUTE RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
- FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF LOSS OF NEPHRONS
- Metabolism of Drugs in Patients with Renal Insufficiency
- Pulmonary System
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ENDSTAGE RENAL DISEASE
- ETIOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
- THE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
- NONPULMONARY FACTORS
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- ANGINA PECTORIS
- Incidence
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- MOTOR DISORDERS OF THE ESOPHAGUS
- RESPIRATORY CONTROL CENTERS
- Upper GI Bleeding
- PNEUMOTHORAX
- Blood Chemistries