Hepatitis E in decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis

Alcoholic Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis & Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Hepatitis Bs antibody in alcoholic cirrhosis.

Sera from patients with chronic liver disease were tested for antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen by radioimmunoassay. The antibody was found in 25% of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and in 52% when alcoholic cirrhosis was associated with portal hypertension, these results being significantly higher than in a matched control population. Other forms of chronic liver disease did not d...

Treatment of Hepatitis B in Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Chronic hepatitis B infection progresses from an asymptomatic persistently infected state to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. About 3% of patients with chronic hepatitis develop cirrhosis yearly, and about 5% of individuals with hepatitis B cirrhosis become decompensated annually. The outcome for patients with decompensated cirrhosis is...

Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital; and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei. Received: 20 August 2001. Revised: 20 September 2001. Accepted: 9 October 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Professor Shiann Pan, Departme...

Improving Survival in Decompensated Cirrhosis

Mortality in cirrhosis is consequent of decompensation, only treatment being timely liver transplantation. Organ allocation is prioritized for the sickest patients based on Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. In order to improve survival in patients with high MELD score it is imperative to preserve them in suitable condition till transplantation. Here we examine means to prolong lif...