Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Academic Term
2019
Document Type
Project
Course Number
NURS 6810
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse
Professor’s Name
Dr. John Chovan & Dr. Sue Butz
Keywords
Cirrhosis of the liver, chronic liver disease, esophageal varices, ascites.
Subject Categories
Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract
Liver cirrhosis is a chronic, end-stage liver disease. It is a term given to a condition where normal liver parenchyma is replaced by fibrotic tissues. This condition arises once hepatocytes become unable to overcome the hepatic insults via undergoing the process of mitosis. Alcohol, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Wilson disease, hemochromatosis, aldolase B deficiency, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseases are few risk factors for liver cirrhosis. Ascites, asterixis, hepatic encephalopathy, scleral icterus, portal hypertension, and gynecomastia are a few symptoms of this condition. Liver transplant is the only definitive treatment for this condition, so symptoms management become the main means of addressing the need of the majority of patients.
Recommended Citation
Lamichhane Wagle, Sabina, "Cirrhosis of the Liver" (2019). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 361.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/361