Abbreviations ALD alcoholic liver disease AH alcoholic hepatitis AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test G-CSF granulocyte colony stimulating factor HCV hepatitis C virus mDF modified discriminant function MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease NIAAA National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol…
Abbreviations AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ARPKD autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease BRTO balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of varices DSRS distal splenorenal shunt EMT epithelial-mesenchymal transactivation FHVP free hepatic vein pressure GAVE gastric antral vascular ectasia GVE gastric vascular ectasia HHT…
Variceal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, and ascites—the major complications of cirrhosis of the liver (see Chapters 74, 93, and 94 )—result from portal hypertension, defined as an increase in hepatic sinusoidal pressure to 6 mm Hg or greater. Portosystemic collaterals decompress…
Cirrhosis, a final pathway for a wide variety of chronic liver diseases ( Box 74.1 ), is a pathologic entity defined as diffuse hepatic fibrosis with the replacement of the normal liver architecture by nodules. The rate of progression of…