Impact of Liver Cirrhosis Upon Adult Patients Daily Living Activities. At Baghdad Teaching Hospitals

      Аннотация: The liver plays a central role in organism homeostasis. It plays a major role ?in metabolism, including glycogen synthesis and storage, gluconeogenesis, ?and protein and lipid metabolism. The liver is also responsible for the ?production of bile, plasma protein synthesis (including most clotting ?factors), and drug detoxification. Indeed, the liver has important ?interactions with every organ system? Cirrhosis is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. Chronic ?liver disease and cirrhosis cause (4- 5%) of deaths for people between the ?ages of (45-54 )years and result in about 30,000 deaths each year in the United States. The annual incidence of newly diagnosis chronic liver disease ?in the US is (72.3) cases per (100000) persons. The prevalence of the ?chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is (5.5) million cases. Over (60%) of ?cases are male .

Ключевые слова: daily living activities, impact, Patient, liver cirrhosis