Results: The time series analysis suggests a close link between vodka affordability and liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Russia: a 1% increase in affordability of vodka implies a 0.5% increase in male mortality rate and a 1.68% increase in female mortality rate. Conclusions: The major conclusion emerging from this study is that affordability of alcohol is one of the most important predictor o...

Primary pulmonary hypertension with plexiform vascular changes in the lungs and liver cirrhosis is a rare combination of unclear pathogenesis. Until now, the real prevalence has not been known. The diagnosis of this association is usually made retrospectively. The criteria are morphological--that is, right ventricular hypertrophy and the characteristic pulmonary arterial lesions, as well as cli...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of cortisol and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in patients with cirrhosis and to investigate the clinical significance and characteristics of cirrhosis with adrenal insufficiency (AI). PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 118 patients that were hospitalized in the Department of Gastroenterology of Xiangyang Hospital affiliated to Hubei University due to cirrhos...

The patient was a Hindu male child of good family, aged thirteen months and the last child of a family of ten children, of whom one child had died in the fourth month of infancy and another of Spanish influenza in its eighth month in 1918, the rest of the family enjoying quite good health. In April 1923 the patient, who seemed in quite good health up to that time, got fever and diarrhoea which ...

Viral hepatitis-induced cirrhosis can progress to decompensated cirrhosis. Clinical decompensation represents a milestone event for the patient with cirrhosis, yet there remains uncertainty regarding precisely how to define this important phenomenon. With the development of broader treatment options for cirrhotic hepatitis patients, efficient identification of liver status before evolving to de...