title: [Consequences of cholestasis from the hepatologist's viewpoint].
abstract: Chronic cholestasis is associated with a variety of symptoms and dysfunction of most organs. Among them, jaundice and pruritus are the first to be recognized, usually prompting the patients to see a physician. Besides the skin, however, cholestasis also affects, inter alia, the metabolism of plasma lipids and fat-soluble vitamins, as well as bone and liver. In the following article the pathogenesis and therapy of metabolic disturbances and organ dysfunctions occurring frequently in patients with chronic cholestasis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krähenbühl
mesh_terms: D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000503:physiopathology; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000503:physiopathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology; D011537:Pruritus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014812:Vitamin K; D014807:Vitamin D
vernacular_title: Konsequenzen der Cholestase aus der Sicht des Hepatologen.