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INFECTIONS IN CIRRHOSIS

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2001
Infection is a well-described complication of cirrhosis and is a major cause of death in this population. This article examines the types of infections related with cirrhosis, such as bacteremia, urinary tract infections, meningitis, and others.
D H, Johnson, B A, Cunha
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Nutrition in Cirrhosis

Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2019
This review discusses the prevalence of malnutrition in cirrhosis, metabolic functions of the liver and alterations in cirrhosis, malnutrition screening tools, and common macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies encountered in individuals with chronic liver disease and their impact on morbidity and mortality.Several meta-analyses and international ...
Lena B, Palmer   +3 more
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Liver cirrhosis

The Lancet, 2021
Cirrhosis is widely prevalent worldwide and can be a consequence of different causes, such as obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, high alcohol consumption, hepatitis B or C infection, autoimmune diseases, cholestatic diseases, and iron or copper overload.
Ginès, Pere   +5 more
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Infections in cirrhosis

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Cirrhosis is an immune dysfunction state, and as such, patients with cirrhosis are susceptible to bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Because of infection, these patients have a propensity to develop multiorgan failure, which is associated with high mortality. Bacterial infections are the most prevalent type of infection in patients with cirrhosis,
Piano S.   +3 more
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Complications of Cirrhosis

Disease-a-Month, 2008
common causes of cirrhosis in the United States are alcoholic liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis. Other causes of cirrhosis are shown in Table 1. The pathogenesis of fibrosis is complex and largely unknown, but central to the process is inflammation and subsequent repair. Local and distal inflammatory cells are recruited, and tissue fibroblasts (
Mamie H, Dong, Sammy, Saab
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Cirrhosis of the liver

Disease-a-Month, 1954
SINCE Laennec1 (1869) defined cirrhosis of the liver, it has become apparent that the disease may occur in a variety of clinical and pathological forms. Accepted etiologic factors contribute to hepatic disease in hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease and biliary or cardiac cirrhosis, but the cause of cirrhosis in the majority of patients remains uncertain.
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Cirrhosis with Hemorrhage

Archives of Surgery, 1959
It has been emphasized repeatedly that the immediate death rate is extremely high in cirrhotic patients having massive esophageal hemorrhage (Refs. 3, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27). Therefore, to repeat this assertion with still another review of cases would seem superfluous.
F W, TAYLOR, J G, JONTZ
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[Cirrhosis of the liver].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 2014
Cirrhosis of the liver is a frequent and dangerous disease that causes numerous clinical contacts due to its complications. Competent and fast clinical decisions are often necessary in the acute setting and a broad clinical approach for the long-term problems due to the co-morbidity.
Bendtsen, Flemming   +3 more
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Liver cirrhosis

Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2011
Liver cirrhosis is a frequent consequence of the long clinical course of all chronic liver diseases and is characterized by tissue fibrosis and the conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules. Portal hypertension is the earliest and most important consequence of cirrhosis and underlies most of the clinical complications ...
Massimo, Pinzani   +2 more
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Familial Cirrhosis

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1979
Three pairs of siblings with cirrhosis were investigated. The histopathological examination of the liver biopsy specimens and the laboratory findings did not give any clue about the cause of the disease. The presence of familial cirrhosis was considered.
N, Koçak, S, Ozsoylu
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