ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2018
Frequency of gallstones and mean BMI in decompensated cirrhosis.
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- Minimally invasive treatment of cirrhotic secondary hypersplenism with high-intensity focused ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of the study was to determine the frequency of gallstones in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and to know about mean Body mass index (BMI) in patients of decompensated cirrhosis i.e End stage liver disease (ESLD) with and without gallstones.
methodsit is a cross sectional descriptive study, conducted at the department of Hepato-gastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi from 1
resultsTwo hundred consecutive patients were enrolled among them 112(56%) were male. Mean age was 46.89 ± 11.9, BMI 23.59 ± 4.7 and CTP score was 9.7 ± 1.9. Most of the patient had Child class 'B' cirrhosis 102(51%), most common etiology was found to be Hepatitis C 133 (66.5%), cholelithiasis was found in 59(29.5%), sludge in 36 (18%) and both stone and sludge in 24(12%) of the cases. Advanced liver disease that is, more CTP score and child class 'C' was associated with increased frequency of gall stone formation (p-value = 0.012), and advancing age on age stratification (p-value = 0.024) however no relation was observed with increase BMI, gender, ethnicity, cause or duration of disease in this population.
conclusionGallstone formation is associated with advanced stage of cirrhosis and hepatitis C Virus related CLD, contrary to the established risk factors, no relation of gender or BMI was found in decompensated liver disease.
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