Complications of cirrhosis.

摘要

For this reason, it was timely to devote an issue of Seminars in Liver Diseases to this topic. The current issue has been divided into eight review articles that cover almost the whole spectrum of complications of cirrhosis and are written by clinicians who are well-known experts in their respective areas. The articles are oriented clinically, but with essential scientific background, and are devoted for the most part to the clinical management of each condition. They represent a superb update on what it is necessary to know in 2008 for an accurate and optimal management of patients with advanced cirrhosis.