INTRODUCTION: As liver diseases (LDs) occur as liver damage takes place, their causes are variable and mostly caused by viruses and alcohol intake. The cases of LDs have increased significantly; they are also charged with mortality rates and hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE: to analyze mortality and hospitali...
Background Cirrhosis is a serious public health problem worldwide. There are geographical, socioeconomic and demographic differences in mortality due to the disease. Aim To establish an association between mortality from cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases and socioeconomic and demographic indica...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in chronic liver disease (CLD) but adequate clinical tools for nutritional assessment are not defined. OBJECTIVE: In CLD patients, it was aimed: 1. Characterize protein-calorie malnutrition; 2. Compare several clinical, anthropometric and func...
A ruptura espôntanea de fígado é uma complicaçäo rara e grave da gestaçäo avançada ou puerpério precoce. Seus sinais sintomas iniciais säo semelhantes aos da pré-elcâmpsia e ocultaram uma doença que evolui rápida e fatalmente. Descrevemos aqui um caso ocorrido no serviço de ginecologia e o...
