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Horizonte Médico (Lima)
Print version ISSN 1727-558X
Abstract
CALDERON GERSTEIN, Walter; ASCANIO PAREDES, Maritza and YARINSUECA MATA, Pilar Rocío. Clinical features and complications of liver cirrhosis in a high-altitude population (Huancayo, 3,250 m a.s.l.). Horiz. Med. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.2, e1186. ISSN 1727-558X. http://dx.doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2020.v20n2.08.
Objective
Liver cirrhosis is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. This research aims to determine the clinical presentation, etiology and complications of patients with liver cirrhosis from a population living at a high altitude region in Peru.
Materials and methods
A retrospective study of the clinical presentation and complications of liver cirrhosis was conducted. One hundred eight (108) medical records of patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to the Internal Medicine Service of the Hospital Nacional Ramiro Prialé Prialé, Huancayo, were evaluated between 2010 and 2012.
Results
Patients' mean age was 60.5 years (range: 12-82 years) and 62.9 % were males. The most common etiology was alcohol consumption (63 %), followed by chronic hepatitis B and C (7.4 % and 2.8 %, respectively). Fifty-eight point three percent (58.3 %) of the patients had a Child-Pugh class B score and 31.30 % of them had a Child-Pugh class C score. The most frequent clinical presentation was abdominal distension (87 %). The most common complications were ascites (56 %), hepatic encephalopathy (47.2 %) and hepatorenal syndrome (8.3 %).
Conclusions
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis was the most common etiology. The most frequent complications were ascites and hepatic encephalopathy.
Keywords : Liver cirrhosis; Ascites; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatorenal syndrome.