Cirrhosis progresses in stages, from a compensated phase with few symptoms to a decompensated phase with serious ...

Such complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and the majority of indications for liver transplantation are attributable to the consequences of portal ...

Bariatric surgery was cost-effective over 10 years at a threshold of $100,000 per QALY among patients with cirrhosis. Surgery also was associated with significant survival benefit. Bariatric ...

and the cause of cirrhosis (alcoholic and cholestatic versus other causes). To lessen the influence of extreme values, the natural logarithm of bilirubin INR and creatinine were entered into the ...

Background: Low socioeconomic status is a risk factor for liver cirrhosis, but it is unknown whether it is a prognostic factor after cirrhosis diagnosis. We examined whether marital status ...