RESUMO
To determine the frequency and severity of hypoglycemia in patients with liver cirrhosis. Cross sectional case series study. Six months. Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. All the patients of liver cirrhosis, of >12 years of age and of either gender were evaluated for hypoglycemia by assessing the glycemic status through random or fasting blood glucose level. The severity of liver cirrhosis was identified according to the Child-Pugh classification whereas the severity of hypoglycemia was grouped in mild, moderate and severe categories. The data was entered and saved in SPSS and frequency and percentage was calculated for hypoglycemia in patients with liver cirrhosis. The stratification was done for age, gender, hypoglycemia and severity of the disease and hypoglycemia. The chi-square test was applied between categorical variables at 95% confidence interval and p -value