| Title | [Managing the complications of cirrhosis] | | Author(s) | Deltenre P, Mathurin P, Barraud H, Bronowicki JP, Jacquet E, Puche P, Jaber S, Navarro F, Pageaux GP | | Institution | Service d'hepato-gastroentérologie, hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, 59037 Lille Cedex. p-mathurin@chru-lille.fr | | Source | Rev Prat 2005 Sep 30; 55(14):1555-63. | | MeSH | Ascites
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
English Abstract
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hepatorenal Syndrome
Humans
Hypertension, Portal
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Neoplasms
| | Abstract | The main complications of cirrhosis are gastrointestinal bleeding related to portal hypertension, ascites, spontaneous peritonitis, hepato-renal syndrome, encephalopathy and hepatocellular carcinoma. The apparition of these complications constitutes a major event for the patient. In addition to the etiological treatment, take charge of complications can improve the prognosis of the patients. | | Language | fre | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16255297 |
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