Liver cirrhosis is responsible for a large number of deaths in our country as well as in many other parts of the world. In Portugal, during the year 1975, cirrhosis was the second most common cause of death among individuals between the ages of 25 and 44 and the third between the ages of 45 and 64. The mortality rate due to this disease is higher in rural areas where the population is predominantly composed of ...
Estudou-se o líquido Ascítico (LA) de 56 doentes com Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica (CHA). 7 com ascite maligna e 5 com ascite de causa pancreática, com o objectivo de definir as suas características químicas ( proteínas, amilase, glucose e desidrogenase láctica), citológicas e bacteriológicas, tendo-se tentado igualmente determinar a incidência da Peritonite Bacteriana Espontânea (PBE). O líquido ascítico tinha as...
The chronic elevation of Aminotransferases is one of the most frequent indications for percutaneous Liver Biopsy (LB). From a retrospective study of LB performed in the Hepatology liver Unit of Santa Maria Hospital, between 1989 and 1993, we correlated the histologic diagnosis with the etiology of liver disease, sex, age and the Aspartate aminotransferase/Alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) and Gama-Glutamyl tra...
A group of 207 consecutive patients admitted for decompensated liver cirrhosis of different etiologies (alcoholic, HBsAg-associated and cryptogenic), was studied in order to assess the independent long-term (up to 5 years) prognostic value of 13 clinical, biochemical and etiological factors. These were analyzed by the Cox Regression Model using a step-wise backward procedure. The final model included bilirubin ...
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