A study on clinico social factors associated with cirrhosis of liver at a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: This peculiar transformation of the liver was identified by the first anatomic pathologist, Gianbattista Morgagni in his 500 autopsies published in 1761 but the name of "cirrhosis" (cirr is orange color in Greek) was given by Laennec in 1826 because of the yellowish-tan color of the cirrhotic liver. Methodology: Pre tested semi structured questionnaire was prepared to gather all relevant information. After diagnosis of liver cirrhosis in the department of Medicine, the respective patient was interviewed to know the socio demographic profile Results: Among 50 patients, 56% of patients were in the age group of 41 – 60 years, 32% of patients were in the age group of 61 – 80 years. Among 50 patients, 72% were males and 28% were females Conclusion: The most common sign was presence of icterus followed by tattoo marks, scratch marks, spider naevi and gynaecomstia
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Ramesh K, Basavraj S, Kotresh 3
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