background: liver cirrhosis is an end-stage condition fornumerous chronic liver diseases. limited data exists on the epidemiology,natural history and complications of liver cirrhosis in ahvaz, iran. in a cross-sectional study we have retrospectively evaluated 165 patients from september 1, 1999 until september 1, 2008. materials and methods: patients with evidence of cirrhosis of the liver seen...

A newly described immediate complication after percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty isacute lung injury. Here we report a case of fatal acute lung injury after pulmonary valvuloplasty.The patient was a 26-year-old woman, referred to a general hospital with the diagnosis of livercirrhosis. In her work-ups severe pulmonary stenosis was detected and so a decision was madeto relieve the valve steno...

For nearly 100 years, scientists and doctors thought that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Treatment was bed rest and antacids, but in 1982 discovery of Helicobacter pylori confirmed its role in in gastric, duodenal ulcers and gastric cancer. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is the most common human ailment affecting nearly 50% of world population, with high mortality in gastric...

REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE What is the impact of physical and psychological factors on health-related quality of life in adult patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis? BACKGROUND All chronic liver diseases stimulate a degree of repetitive hepatocyte injury that alters the normal liver architecture and ends in cirrhosis.Liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma secondary to livercirrhosis ar...