Evaluation of liver cirrhosis: A case Study

ABSTRACT:

Objectives: To evaluate dyslipidemia in cases of liver cirrhosis.

Methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, Gvt. Hospital on 135 patients with liver cirrhosis and 50 age, sex matched healthy controls, who were admitted to medical wards during the period of study (November 2019-october 2020). All the adult patients with liver cirrhosis diagnosed previously on the basis of history were included in the study.

 Then they were subjected to detailed history taking, clinical examination and relevant investigations as per case requirement using a Performa specially designed for this study. Patients with history of taking lipid lowering drugs and those with history of hyperlipidemia were excluded from the study.

Conclusion: Results of this study reveals that dyslipidemia was found frequently in patients of liver cirrhosis.  Dyslipidemia worsens with severity of liver cirrhosis according to child Pugh classification.  But has no statistically significant association with age and gender.