ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine frequency of different infections in patients with hepaticencephalopathy due to cirrhosis liver
Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar over six months from April to October 2013
Patients and Methods: All patients with cirrhosis of liver of more than 18 years of age, manifesting signs of hepatic encephalopathy [HE] were included in the study. Detailed history, clinical examination and thorough investigations were done to look for different infections and the findings were recorded on a proforma. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis
Results: One hundred and eighty five patients [70.81% males and 29.19% females] were enrolled. The mean age of the study subject was 49.2 +/- 3 years. Frequency of infections in the studied population was, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [31.94%], UTI [25.00%], pneumonia [20.83%], sepsis [8.33%] and others infections [13.90%] like cholangitis, bronchitis, endocarditis, meningitis, and gastroenteritis
Conclusions: This study concluded that a substantial number of patients with hepatic encephalopathy due to cirrhosis liver have infections