In some forms of liver disease there is a single cause, for example in hepatitis B and C,
primary biliary cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Operations on the biliary tract …

Cirrhosis is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States, but only one in three
people know they have it. New research shows that early cirrhosis may be reversible. Most …

review of the liver, categorizing it into five types, of which the first may well have been ALF of
an infective cause. 2 This was a condition that was “acute and rapidly fatal,” with limited …

In patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension, it is largely the frequency and severity of
complications relating to the diseased liver, degree of portal hypertension and …

The natural history of cirrhosis is characterised by a silent, asymptomatic course until
increasing portal pressure and decreasing liver function result in overt clinical signs. In the …

Compensated cirrhosis can continue for a variable length of time before the development of
complications, hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatic failure. The appearance of these …

Since the publication of the first article proposing the hypothesis that acute-on-chronic liver
failure (ACLF) was likely to be a distinct clinical condition, there are now over 400 fully …

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a recently recognized syndrome characterized by
acute decompensation (AD) of cirrhosis and organ/system failure (s)(organ failure: liver …

The clinical history and examination is essential in the evaluation of patients with liver
disease. This chapter details important points in the clinical history and examination …

Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome in patients with chronic liver disease with
or without previously diagnosed cirrhosis characterized by acute hepatic decompensation …