[A discussion on diagnosis and typing of viral hepatitis].
OBJECTIVE
To bring forward a suggestion about clinical diagnostic standard and clinical typing for chronic and severe hepatitis.


METHODS
To make a comprehensive study on clinical features and pathology of 895 cases of severe and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis after hepatitis based on the viral prevention and control plan laid down in 1995.


RESULTS
The chronic hepatitis can still be divided into mild, moderate and severe types clinically, but the PTA should be changed for normol-71, 70-61, 60-51, the A/G value for normal, 1.5-1.3, 1.2-1.0 respectively. ALT, BIL, alpha-globulin are kept unchanged. The albumin value can be cut out from the reference indexes of clinical typing for chronic hepatitis. Acute severe hepatitis can be divided into early stage (taking edema as the main type) and late stage (taking necrosis as the main type); subacute severe hepatitis can be divided into ascite type, coma type and mixed type; if those lacking of coma and ascite with PTA about 60%. 50% can be treated as earlier stage. Subacute and chronic severe hepatitis still can be divided into early, middle and late stages. The disease course of subacute severe hepatitis may prolong to six months. Chronic severe hepatitis can be divided into type B (typical chronic hepatitis type) type C (liver cirrhosis type) and type c (acute liver failure type developed from chronic hepatitis and viral carriers).


CONCLUSIONS
The original procedure of 1995 are feasible on the whole.
Guo
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Beijing Youan Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100054, China.
Liu
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Wang
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Chang
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Meng
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Lang
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D005172:Factor XI / Q000378:metabolism; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans
D005172:Factor XI