Prevalencia de cirrosis hepática en pacientes alcohólicos entre 45 a 80 años en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo 2018 - 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is an anatomopathological concept that constitutes the culmination of a long process that is finally expressed with irreversible alteration of the architecture of the liver with the formation of fibrous septa added to the presence of regenerative nodules. This pathology is the main cause of mortality due to alcohol in Europe, although alcohol consumption is not the only factor associated with the development of cirrhosis, it has been proven that an alcohol consumption that is greater than 30g / day, especially if this habit is starts at a young age, considerably increases the risk of liver cirrhosis. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, observational, retrospective study. The data were extracted through medical records in the AS400 system of the Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, period between 2018 and 2020. The database and the analysis were carried out in the SPSS V 22 program for Windows. Results: 390 patients were studied, 30.8% suffered from liver cirrhosis, male sex was predominant with 80%, the average age was 68.16 years, 20.3% smoking in the general population, within the physical examination of cirrhotic patients with 52.5% ascites and 40% hepatomegaly; on the Child-Pugh scale, grade C was presented more frequently with 44.2%. Conclusion: Among alcoholic patients, the prevalence of liver cirrhosis is 30.8%.