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 .
- CLINICAL FEATURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Diagnosis
- OBLITERATIVE OR OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Reduction in GFR
- OTHER THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- Diet
- PATHOGENESIS OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
- HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY
- Potassium Homeostasis
- DIFFUSE INFILTRATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUNG
- SYNCOPE
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- TREATMENT
- THE COMMON CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
- Liver Failure
- Procainamide
- Renal Venous Occlusion
- Proteinuria
- Nephritic Glomerulopathies
- SMOKE INHALATION
- ANGINA PECTORIS
- CLASSIFICATION OF THE MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES
- MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS
- C. MALABSORPTION
- VASCULAR DISEASE OF THE LIVER
- CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION OF JAUNDICE
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- TESTS OF HEPATIC FUNCTION
- Pathology
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CARDIAC SURGERY
- EMPHYSEMA
- HEMODIALYSIS AND HEMOPERFUSION IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG OVERDOSES
- DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION
- VENTRICULAR RHYTHM DISTURBANCES