[Epidemiology and natural history of cirrhosis]. / Epidémiologie et histoire naturalle de la cirrhose.
Rev Prat
; 55(14): 1527-32, 2005 Sep 30.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16255293
ABSTRACT
The cirrhosis prevalence in the whole French population can be estimated between 2000 and 3300 cases/million of individuals. Alcoholism, hepatitis C virus and non alcoholic fatty liver disease are the three most common causes of cirrhosis in France. About 40% of patients with cirrhosis have compensated cirrhosis and are asymptomatic over long period of 1 to 10 years. Decompensation of cirrhosis was considered when a patient first developed one of the mayor complications of the disease (ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy or gastrointestinal haemorrhage). After the first decompensation, the incidence of death is about 10% by year, in the absence of hepatic transplantation. The mortality of patients with cirrhosis and acute varicose bleeding has greatly decreased over the past 2 decades in concurrence with an early and combined use of pharmacological and endoscopic therapy, but hepatocellular carcinoma is the most frequent life threatening complication.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cirrose Hepática
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article