Adrenal insufficiency in decompensated cirrhotic patients without infection: prevalence, predictors and impact on mortality

Adrenal insufficiency in decompensated cirrhotic patients without infection: prevalence, predictors and impact on mortality

Background Relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) is common in compensated and decompensated chronic liver disease in the presence of sepsis. This study was performed to find out the prevalence of RAI in decompensated cirrhotic patients presenting with hepatic encephalopathy and variceal bleeding with...

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Main Authors: Hullenahalli K Nandish, Chankramath S Arun, Harikumar R Nair, Rajesh Gopalakrishna, Harish Kumar, Rama P Venu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2019-12-01
Series:The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Subjects:
adrenal insufficiency
child–turcotte–pugh stage
chronic liver disease
cirrhosis
hepatic encephalopathy
hepatoadrenal syndrome
model for end-stage liver disease (meld) score
variceal bleeding
Online Access:http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/journal/adrenal-insufficiency-decompensated-cirrhotic-patients-without-infection-prevalence

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