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Jan 2019
22m 51s

Liver Cirrhosis

THOMAS WATCHMAN
About this episode

In this episode I cover liver cirrhosis.

If you want to follow along with written notes on liver cirrhosis go to zerotofinals.com/cirrhosis or find the gastroenterology section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the cirrhosis of the liver. This includes the pathophysiology, signs, investigations and management. We also discuss complications such as:

  • Malnutrition 
  • Portal Hypertension, Varices and Variceal Bleeding
  • Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
  • Hepato-renal Syndrome
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma


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