Critical issues in the diagnosis and treatment of liver cirrhosis
Xing Wang, Bin Wu
Gastroenterology Report, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2019, Pages 227–230, https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/goz024
Published:
10 June 2019
Article history
Liver cirrhosis (LC) is a worldwide health problem that is associated with various complications and high mortality. Although, in the past four decades, the incidence of hepatitis B continuously decreased and a promising cure for hepatitis C was developed, LC remains a formidable challenge in clinical practice due to the ever-increasing incidences of alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, autoimmune-related liver disease and drug-induced liver disease [1–3]. Our survey data showed a significant increase in the inpatient percentages of alcoholic LC and autoimmune LC, with concomitant decreases in viral hepatitis LC, which contributes to the overall increasing incidence of LC in China [4]. As a spacious country with a large population, a discrepancy exists in medical specialties and several topics should therefore receive more attention in the management of LC. To aid broad gastroenterologists and heatologists as well as physicians, we identified the following critical issues in the diagnosis and treatment of LC. 作者: StephenW 时间: 2019-8-13 15:56