title: Management of patients with advanced liver cirrhosis.
abstract: This article provides an overview of liver cirrhosis. The pathophysiology, common investigations and the nursing management of patients with advanced liver cirrhosis are examined.
authors.affiliation: King's College Hospital, London. suzanne.sargent@kingsch.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sargent
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D015984:Causality; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed