Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Cirrhotic Patients at a Reference Center in Belém-PA, Analysis of 10 years | Zendy

Esther Castello Branco Mello Miranda | Zendy; Fernanda Araújo dos Santos | Zendy; Ana Rachel Koury Marinho | Zendy; Mayara Castello Branco de Mello Dias | Zendy; Suzana Maria Klautau Ferreira | Zendy; Renan Dos Santos Cortinhas | Zendy; Giordana Pereira de Sousa | Zendy; Francisco De Almeida Teixeira Neto | Zendy; Vivianne de Paula Reis Guimarães | Zendy; Igor Nascimento Batista | Zendy; Caio Nogueira Oliveira | Zendy; Priscila Nathyelly dos Santos Graim | Zendy; Anderson Phelipe Dias Sabry Azar | Zendy; Alvaro Alves dos Santos Neto | Zendy

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Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Cirrhotic Patients at a Reference Center in Belém-PA, Analysis of 10 years

Author(s) -

Esther Castello Branco Mello Miranda,

Fernanda Araújo dos Santos,

Ana Rachel Koury Marinho,

Mayara Castello Branco de Mello Dias,

Suzana Maria Klautau Ferreira,

Renan Dos Santos Cortinhas,

Giordana Pereira de Sousa,

Francisco De Almeida Teixeira Neto,

Vivianne de Paula Reis Guimarães,

Igor Nascimento Batista,

Caio Nogueira Oliveira,

Priscila Nathyelly dos Santos Graim,

Anderson Phelipe Dias Sabry Azar,

Alvaro Alves dos Santos Neto

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2591

Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , epidemiology , ascites , etiology , gastroenterology , medical record , chronic liver disease , liver disease , alcoholic liver disease , chronic hepatitis , virus , immunology

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic, ethyological and clinical aspects of patients with liver cirrhosis treated in the Chronic Liver Disease Center. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study based on the analysis of 580 pacients’ medical records with the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis treated from 2004 to 2014 in Belem, Brazil. Conclusions: the profile was predominantly of male patients, aged between 51 and 60 years, coming from the capital Belem, whose main etiologies of cirrhosis were C hepatitis and alcohol. Ascites was the most frequent clinical manifestation and Child-Pugh score A was the most prevalent.

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