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Manifestaciones clínico-endoscópicas del paciente cirrótico / Clinical-endoscopic manifestations of the cirrhotic patient
Arredondo Bruce, Alfredo Enrique; Arredondo Rubido, Alfredo E.
  • Arredondo Bruce, Alfredo Enrique; Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Amalia Simoni. Camagüey. CU
  • Arredondo Rubido, Alfredo E; Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Amalia Simoni. Camagüey. CU
Rev. medica electron ; 42(3): 1850-1861, mayo.-jun. 2020. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-1127046
RESUMEN
RESUMEN

Introducción:

la cirrosis es un proceso dinámico y actualmente se conoce que cuando se elimina el agente primario de agresión que ha producido la cirrosis, se puede llegar a remitir la fibrosis. En Cuba la enfermedad representa la décima causa de muerte, con una tendencia ascendente en los últimos 20 años y una tasa de 13,4 por 100 000 habitantes.

Objetivo:

caracterizar clínica y endoscópicamente a pacientes con diagnóstico de cirrosis hepática. Material y

método:

se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal, en el período comprendido entre los años 2017 - 19, donde el universo y la muestra quedaron constituidos por todos los pacientes mayores de 18 años ingresados con diagnóstico de cirrosis hepática.

Resultados:

predominó el sexo masculino en la sexta década de la vida, siento la principal causa el alcoholismo, caracterizado por manifestaciones generales, que en muchos casos debutan por complicaciones, apareciendo várices esofágicas en el 75 % de los casos, aunque gados I y II de Paquet, dependiente a un diagnóstico precoz de la enfermedad.

Conclusiones:

el alcoholismo crónico es la causa más frecuente de cirrosis hepática, debuta de forma frecuente por sus complicaciones, aunque el diagnóstico se hace en etapas precoces, con varices esofágicas incipientes (AU).
ABSTRACT
Summary

Introduction:

liver cirrhosis is a dynamic process and currently it is known that, when the primary agent of aggression that has produced the cirrhosis is eliminated, the fibrosis could remit. In Cuba, this diseases is the tenth cause of death, with an increasing tendency in the last twenty years and a rate of 13.4 per 100 000 inhabitants.

Objective:

to characterize, clinically and endoscopically, patients with hepatic cirrhosis diagnosis. Material and

methods:

a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, in the period 2017 - 2019, where the universe and the sample were formed by all the patients aged more than 18 years who entered the hospital with diagnosis of liver cirrhosis.

Results:

in this paper, male patients in their sixties predominated, being alcoholism the main cause of disease, characterized by general manifestations; patients debuted due to complications, appearing esophageal varices in 75 % of the cases, although Paquet I and II grades, in dependence to a disease precocious diagnosis.

Conclusions:

the authors concluded that chronic alcoholism is the most frequent cause in hepatic cirrhosis, almost always debuting by its complications, though the diagnosis is made in precocious stages, with emerging esophageal varices (AU).
Subject(s)

Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Liver Cirrhosis Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors / Screening study Limits: Adolescent / Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. medica electron Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Amalia Simoni/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Liver Cirrhosis Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors / Screening study Limits: Adolescent / Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. medica electron Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Amalia Simoni/CU