Características clínicas y demográficas de pacientes con cirrosis hepática, Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado Ríos. Enero-Diciembre 2019.

Introduction Cirrhosis is an irreversible disease, with high mortality and varied etiology. The most associated causes are alcohol abuse, hepatitis B and C viruses and autoimmune liver disease. Objective To describe the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis at the Gustavo Nelson Collado Ríos Hospital. January- December 2019. Methodology An observational, descriptive and retrospective study was carried out, in which 42 clinical records of patients with liver cirrhosis who attended their appointments with the Gastroenterology service in 2019 were reviewed. Results The age group with the highest number of cases was 60-69 years with a predominance of the female gender. The most frequent associated factors were diabetes mellitus 2 (62%), overweight (38%), obesity (33%), alcohol habit (19%), autoimmune liver disease (12%), and hepatitis B virus (7%). We calculated a fatality of 20% for this cohort, a median survival of 2 years for patients alive at the time of the study, and a median survival of 18 months for patients who died in 2019. Conclusion In the central provinces of Panama, we observed a downward trend in cases of cirrhosis due to alcoholic and viral etiology, with an increase in metabolic diseases predominantly in the female gender that cause long-term liver damage. Cirrhosis is still a disease of high lethality; however, with a survival that exceeds 2 years if the patient is well treated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]