Cirrhosis stages - decompensated cirrhosis - cirrhosis of liver - small talk series
Cirrhosis of the liver is a tricky condition to treat. Cirrhosis stages are not usually very well described. In this small talk series, we attempt to simplify the understanding of the concept of compensated and decompensated cirrhosis and give you a very easy framework to assess cirrhosis symptoms and signs in your out-patient clinic as well as for rapid review in the exam.
Whether it is a patient of alcoholic cirrhosis or biliary cirrhosis or cirrhosis due to any other cause, the cirrhosis treatment as well as treatment of any other disease in a patient with liver cirrhosis largely depends on this staging of cirrhosis. Hence, an understanding of it is very important in planning the treatment of your patient.
For interested colleagues, do refer to the Baveno consensus statement to get into the details of this staging system as well as the AASLD and EASL guidelines of Cirrhosis for the most updated staging and management review.
We, at EDUSURG small talk series, provide a short and sweet revision video here for understanding the cirrhosis of liver stages and the meaning of decompensated cirrhosis and compensated cirrhosis.