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July 1, 2003Postgraduate Medical Journal

Autonomic neuropathy in patients with hepatic cirrhosis

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Population

20 patients with hepatic cirrhosis (10 alcoholic and 10 non-alcoholic) and 20 age and sex matched controls

Comparison

Autonomic function assessment using five… vs Age and sex matched controls

Design

Case-control

Authors

BBBK BajajAlbert Einstein College of MedicineMAManisha AgarwalUniversity of MichiganBRBhim RamIndira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

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Implication

Autonomic neuropathy may be common in cirrhosis independent of alcohol use; leaves open its clinical implications in advanced disease.

Structured PICO

P
Population
20 patients with hepatic cirrhosis (10 alcoholic and 10 non-alcoholic) and 20 age and sex matched controls
I
Intervention
Autonomic function assessment using five standard tests
C
Comparator
Age and sex matched controls
O
Outcome
Extent of autonomic dysfunctionsurrogate

Autonomic neuropathy is common in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cirrhosis, and its severity correlates with the extent of liver damage.

Cite This Study

Bajaj et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a7614755d28965dfd6af4https://doi.org/10.1136/pmj.79.933.408
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