Bilal Bin Younas, Gulsena Masood Khan, Parveen Akhtar, Akbar Chaudhry.
Audit of Patients of Chronic Liver Disease.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;7(1):52-4.

To look into different clinical aspects and laboratory findings in patients with chronic liver disease, we examined 100 patients admitted in Sir Ganga Ram hospital. We examined the age and sex distribution, modes of their admission in the hospital, the frequency of clinical stigmata, laboratory investigations reflecting the liver functions, serological markers and ultrasonographic findings. We also tried to identify the causes of transmission of viruses, which could lead to chronicity. We found almost equal sex distribution, age group 50± 10, constitute more than half of these patients. 46% of them presented with abdominal distension mostly later confirmed as ascities on ultrasonography. Skin manifestations and jaundice were the commonest clinical stigmata. Prothrombin time prolongation was the most frequent LFT (liver function tests) abnormality detected, i.e. 82%. Hepatitis C accounted for 65% of our patients to be the cause of chronic liver disease. Injection drug use was the commonest acquisition risk factor, which was 43%. Coarse echotexture was seen in 71% of these patients.

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