Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is impaired contractile responsiveness to stress, diastolic dysfunction and electrophysiological abnormalities in the absence of known cardiac disease in cirrhotic patients. This Descriptive case series study was conducted in sree balaji medical college and hospitals. This study included 74 consecutive cases of cirrhosis of liver of either sex above 14 years of age. Fir...

Vibrio cholerae non-O1 serogroup (VCNO) bacteraemia is a severe condition with a high case-fatality rate. We report three cases diagnosed in the Netherlands, identified during a national microbiological congress, and provide a literature review on VCNO bacteraemia. A search strategy including synonyms for 'VCNO' and 'bacteraemia' was applied to PubMed, Medline, Web of Science and Embase databas...

INTRODUCTION Cutaneous Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by Zygomycetes class of fungi that is often fatal, requiring aggressive local control as well as systemic therapy. Few cases of mucormycosis were described in patients with liver cirrhosis, mostly rhino-orbital. To our knowledge, only two cases of upper extremity involvement was reported in cirrhosis while a few cases ...

BACKGROUND Original Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score has traditionally being used as a useful tool to assess prognosis in cirrhotic patients but the serum creatinine level has recently seen as an important predictor of survival in patients with liver cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy ofCP and modified CP score for predicting in hospital survival as well as cirrhosis re...

AIMS The aim of this study was to estimate the overall impact of alcohol on US race- and sex-specific age-adjusted cirrhosis mortality rates and to consider beverage-specific effects that represent changes in drinking patterns over time, comparing states with large and small African-American/White cirrhosis mortality differentials. METHODS Using series data from 1950 to 2002, the effects of p...

PURPOSE Status epilepticus (SE) in patients with cirrhosis is a rare but serious situation. Diagnosis may be difficult in emergency presentation, especially when patients present with hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Misdiagnosis must be avoided since some anti-epileptic drugs aggravate HE. In this retrospective study, we therefore assessed the frequency of SE in patients with cirrhosis, evaluated ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of liver transplantation in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis with respect to selection criteria, survival, and evidence suggesting a return to harmful drinking. DESIGN Nine year retrospective study. SETTING Cambridge and King's College Hospital liver transplant programme. SUBJECTS 24 Patients (three women, 21 men) with alcoholic cirrhosis. MAIN OUTCOME...

Background and Aim: The term "health-related quality of life" (HRQoL) refers to how people perceive disease treatment affect their physical health, emotional functional status, social standing. Beyond clinical endpoints, HRQoL is crucial. Therefore, the current study assessed impact patient counselling education on cirrhosis patients' overall life. Methods: This prospective was carried out in G...