Open AccessPrediction of Post-operative Mortality in Patients with HCV-related Cirrhosis Undergoing Non-Hepatic Surgeries
Author(s) -
Khalid Hemida,
Reham Ezzat Al Swaff,
S Shabana,
H.R.H.M. Said,
Fatma A. Ali-Eldin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22478.8620
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , liver disease , model for end stage liver disease , gastroenterology , mortality rate , hepatitis c virus , stage (stratigraphy) , chronic liver disease , surgery , liver transplantation , virus , immunology , biology , transplantation , paleontology
Patients with chronic liver diseases are at great risk for both morbidity and mortality during the post-operative period due to the stress of surgery and the effects of general anaesthesia.