liver cirrhosis
Let an agent explain cirrhosis in general terms, route symptoms and complications to care, describe causes, prevention and management with attribution, and support people living with cirrhosis without individual medical advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain cirrhosis in general terms, route symptoms and complications to care, describe causes, prevention and management with attribution, and support people living with cirrhosis without individual medical advice.
Advanced scarring of the liver in which normal tissue is replaced by fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules, impairing liver function, caused by chronic alcohol use, viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, autoimmune and biliary conditions such as primary biliary cholangitis, and rare familial forms; cirrhosis can lead to complications such as bleeding, fluid accumulation, confusion and liver cancer, and is managed by treating causes and complications, with transplantation for advanced disease.
What it is for: End-stage liver scarring.
It can be explain causes and course; route complications to care; describe management in general terms; support patients and carers.
Distinguishing features
Advanced fibrosis
Regenerative nodules
Loss of function
Serious complications
What it looks like
Not visible in early stages; later jaundice, swelling and other signs.
How it is recognised
Fibrosis with nodules in the liver
Impaired liver function
Fibrosis without nodules is an earlier stage
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
results from - the underlying process
is related to - alcohol abstinence in management
In practice
Families and kinds
alcohol-related cirrhosis
viral hepatitis cirrhosis
fatty liver disease cirrhosis
biliary cirrhosis including primary biliary cholangitis
familial and rare cirrhosis
Standards and regulation
Hepatology clinical guidelines
Alcohol policy and public health guidance
Transplant allocation rules
Failure modes and hazards
Life-threatening complications such as variceal bleeding
Agents diagnosing or advising on treatment
Stigma toward patients
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Urgent Complications.
Routing.
Red flags
Emergency signs.
Red flags
Red flags.
- Are there signs such as vomiting blood, black stools, confusion, severe abdominal swelling or fever that need urgent care? boundary
- Should emergency services be called now? action
Monitor
Ongoing monitoring.
Monitor
Monitoring.
- How is cirrhosis monitored, including surveillance for liver cancer, according to guidelines? provenance
- Is the user asking for individual medical advice? boundary
Understand Causes and course.
General information.
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes cirrhosis, from alcohol and viral hepatitis to fatty liver and biliary diseases, according to clinical sources? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific cause? action
Course
Stages and complications.
Course
Course.
- How does cirrhosis progress from compensated to decompensated disease, and what complications arise? definition
- How is severity scored? provenance
Manage Management and living.
Attribution.
Treatment
Management approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which management approaches do guidelines describe, including treating the cause, managing complications and transplantation, in general terms? provenance
- How does alcohol abstinence affect outcomes, according to evidence? provenance
Living
Living with cirrhosis.
Living
Living.
- Which diet, medication and lifestyle guidance do health bodies give, in general terms, and which support organisations exist? provenance
- How is stigma addressed? provenance
Learn Prevention and research.
Context.
Prevent
Prevention.
Prevent
Prevention.
- How can cirrhosis be prevented at individual and population levels, according to public health guidance? provenance
- Which screening exists for hepatitis and fatty liver? provenance
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions in cirrhosis? provenance
- How can people participate in research? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each cause be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should support organisations be localised?