Portal hypertension: Chronic multiple organ failure involving various critical severe diseases
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2021.12.002
- VernacularTitle:门静脉高压：危急重症交织于慢性多脏器功能衰竭
- Author:
Chengwei TANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Hypertension, Portal;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure;
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2021;37(12):2756-2759
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Globally, the population living with liver cirrhosis is growing. There is the largest number of cirrhosis patients in China throughout the world. Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a clinical syndrome of sudden hepatic decompensations such as variceal bleeding, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatic encephalopathy and hepatorenal syndrome seen in patients with liver cirrhosis. ACLF leads to poor quality of life and high mortality. Portal hypertension is not only a consequence of the development of cirrhosis, but also a secondary or even superimposed attack to the development of cirrhosis. It is necessary to early reduce intrahepatic resistance by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and drugs to improve the prognosis.
