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The recent advances of endoscopic examination had proven that source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhosis is not always caused by esophageal varices rupture but also gastric mucosal lesion. The prevalence of gastric ulcer in patients with liver cirrhosis is higher than healthy individuals. Imbalance of defensive and aggressive factors of gastric mucosa may involve in development of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG). Several studies reported hemodynamic changes associated wuth portal hypertension causing decreased mucus layer thickness as one of mechanism of PHG. Other dialogic factors of PHG were hypoacidity, hypergastrinemia, reduced hexosamin concentration, mucus metabolic function associated with decreased prostaglandin E2, and increased nitric oxyde which had caused mucus wall thickness changes. Gastric mucus damage induced by portal hypertension has important role in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer in liver cirrhosis.

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Background Hepatic encephalopathy is found in 50-70% cases of liver cirrhosis. Management of hepatic encephalopathy is based on the hypothesis of ammonia and false neurotransmitters. A vegetable diet is the diet of choice, since vegetable proteins have a high biological value, contains non-ammonigenic essential amino acids, and contains fiber. The results of soy fermentation by Rhizopus sp can increase the nutritional value to make it easier for body digestion. Study aim To determine improvements in hepatic encephalopathy by measuring the ammonium level and determining the psychometric test in patients with liver cirrhosis receiving a tempe diet compared to those receiving a liver diet (conventional diet). Method This is a random open clinical trial with a proportional stratification according to the Child Pugh criteria. Study subjects are patients with liver cirrhosis who are hospitalized at the Internal Medicine Ward and ambulatory patients at the out-patient Gastro-hepatology Polyclinic of Dr. Sarjito Public General Hospital, from January 1999 to May 2000. The trial was conducted for 20 days, where the first (trial) group was given a tempe diet, while the second (control) group was given liver diet Will (conventional). Measured outcomes include peripheral blood ammonium level, and psychometric test using the Numeric Connection Test (NCT). Results In the first group, we found a significant reduction of ammonium level in Child-Pugh A patients and a non-significant reduction in Child-Pugh B/C patients, a non-significant psychometric test improvement in Child-Pugh A patients, and significant psychometric test improvement in Child-Pugh B/C patients. In group II: there is no significant difference in the changes in ammonium level or psychometric test in patients from both Child-Pugh categories. Conclusion A 20-day tempe diet can reduce ammonium levels and improve results on the psychometric test. Key words: liver cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, tempe diet, numeric connection test, Child-Pugh criteria

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Background: Thin study aimed to investigate gastric mucosa mucous layer thickness in portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) compare to normal mucosa in functional dyspepsia and its correlation with several variables such as child class, severity of esophageal varices and gastropathy. Materials and Methods: Biopsy specimens were taken from the antrum and corpus from both group of patients with PHG and functional dyspepsia. The specimen was given cryometric for frozen section. Tissue were sliced by sagital section II urn, placed in object glass, fixed and stained to evaluate mucous thickness and giemsa stained to observe Helicobacter pylori. Measurement of mucous thickness was done upward muscularis mucosa started from upper epithelial layer from faveale tip until outer mucous layer on 15 points which were marked randomly and calculate the mean value by micrometer (/jm). Results: Mean value of antral mucous thickness in PHG was 13.30 ± 6.5 fim, while in the functional dyspepsia it was 25.59 ± 5.66 /an. Statistical analysis for both kinds of mucous thickness was p<0.001. Mean corpus mucous thickness in PHG was 10.6 ± 6.81 /jm, while mucous thickness in dyspepsia was 32.54 ± 6.51 fjm. Statistical analysis revealed p<0.001. This result showed significant difference of mucous thickness of antrum and corpus statistically between PHG and dyspepsia as control group. Conclusion: The study had proven the presence of decreased gastric mucosa mucous layer thickness in corpus and antrum in PHG. Thus, therapeutic approach to increase mucous thickness must be considered in patients with PHG.

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Tujuan : Untuk meningkatkan peran radiodiagnostik dalam mendeteksi adanya varises esofagus yang belum berdarah serta menilai ketepatan diagnostik pemeriksaan barium esofagogram dalam mendiagnosis varises esofagus pada pasien dengan sirosis hati. Bahan dan Cara : Pemeriksaan esofagogram dilakukan pada 25 pasien, dengan usia antara 23 tahun-80 tahun. Jenis kelamin terbanyak laki-laki 17 orang (68 %) sedangkan perempuan 8 orang (32%), semua pasien dengan kelainan sirosis hati yang belum berdarah (hematemesisl melena) dan hipertensi portal. Varises esofagus yang belum berdarah telah diperlihatkan dengan baik dengan pemeriksaan esofagogram yang hasilnya dikorelasikan dengan temuan endoskopi sebagai bake emas. Hasil dan Kesimpulan Pada uji statistik didapat hasil sensitifitas pemeriksaan esofagogram 84% dengan spesifisitas 0%, nilai PPV 100%. dan NPP 0%. Nilai Kappa dari pemeriksaan ini 0,79 didapat kesesuaian baik. Hasil penelitian ini memperlihatkan esofagogram dapat dipergunakan untuk menilai adanya varises esofagus pada pasien sirosis hati yang belum berdarah. Dari penelitian ini juga didapat kesesuaian yang baik antara pemeriksaan endoskopi dan esofagogram.

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Purpose : To improve the role of radiodiagnosis in detecting unruptured esophageal varices and to evaluate the accuracy of barium esophagogram in establishing the diagnosis of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. Material and method : Esophagogram is performed in 25 patients (23-80 years old). 17 patients (68%) are male and 8 patients (32%'- are female. All patients are suffering from uncomplicated liver cirrhosis (no hematemesis or nrelena) and portal hypertension. Unruptured esophageal varices is visualized well using esophagogram, and the result is compared to endoscopic finding as gold standard. Result and conclusion : Statistical analysis concluded that esophagogram has 84% sensitivity, 0% spesfficity, 100% PPV value and 0% NPP value. Kappa score from this examination is 0,79 with good correlation. This study shows that esophagogram can be used to evaluate esophageal varices in patients with uncomplicated liver cirrhosis. There is good correlation between esophagogram and endoscopic examination.

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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of serious complication of liver cirrhosis. Most of the patient with SBP have severe reduced liver function that clasified as Child Plugh class C. There are other risk factors for SBP such as poor nutritional status, GI bleeding, intravascular catheter insertion, ascites fluid protein concentration of less than I g/L, large volume paracentesis, urinary tract infection and respiratory tract infection. The management of SBP is mainly the administration of proper antibiotics. The antibiotic of choice for the emperial treatment is cefotaxim.

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Peptic ulcer is a clearly marginated ulceration in mucosal membran that can penetrate until muscularis layer and resulted from imbalance between aggressive factor (gastric acid and pepsin) and defensive factor (gastric mucous, bicarbonate and prostaglandin, mucosal blood flow, and cell replacement). Factors that can act as aggressive factor include H. pylori, NSAID, and smoking. Duodenal ulcer is frequently associated with H. pylori, in which Helicobacter pylori is found in 95 - 100% of duodenal ulcer patients.. It was reported, a 39 years old female patient with cirrhosis hepatis who suffered from melena in which endoscopic examination revealed duodenal ulcer as a source of bleeding.The re was no H. pylori, based on serologic examination (IgG antiHP) and culture. The ulcer is suspected caused by NSAID based on history of using traditional medicine that may contain NSAID. Treatment with proton pump inhibitor and sucralfate can heal the ulcer after two week treatment.

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Liver cirrhosis is a chronic and irreversible disease. The patients quality of life (QOL) may be impaired because of long-standing burden of the disease. This research was a cross-sectional study conducted at Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta to determined the QOL of patients with liver cirrhosis who hospitalized in this institution. The parameter for the QOL was measured according to Spitzer index. Sixty-five patients with liver cirrhosis of various etiology were abled to be studied. The number of male and female patients were almost equal (30 and 35 respectively). There was a reduction in QOL in both male (21/30) and female (28/ 35) but no significant different between this variable. There was a significant positive correlation between Child criteria, and nutritional status with QOL (r=0.68, p<0.05 and r=0.37, p<0.05). It was concluded that Child criteria and nutritional status were positively correlated with QOL.

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Background: The aim of I he study was to determine the prevalence of prolonged QTc-interval and it's relationship with the severity of liver dysfunction in liver cirrhotic patient in the outpatient clinic of Hepatology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General National Hospital Materials and Methods: cross sectional study. Eighty one subjects was recruited and being followed as a consecutive non random sampling. The patient was divided according to the modified Child-Pugh classification and undergo to the ECG examination (with minimal 2 leads have measured QT-interval; one of these is II, aVL, V, or V"; lead). Result: The prolonged QTc-interval prevalence in liver cirrhotic patient was found in 55 subjects (67,9%) with the mean 448.6 msec (SD = 28,9; 95% CI = 442.2 - 454.8). Using the Forward Stepwise method in multivariate analysis to the independent variables (p < 0.05) was found only the modified Child-Pugh classification had strongly correlation with the prolonged QTc-interval (OR = 11.2; 95% CI = 3.57-35.47; p = 0.000) Conclusion: The prolonged QTc-interval prevalence in liver cirrhotic patient is 67.9%. The prolonged QTc-interval were strongly associated with the seventy of liver dysfunction.

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Background: The determination of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) to tyrosine ratio (BTR) was available in making differentiation of chronic hepatitis from liver cirrhosis, because there was a strong association between BTR and staging (fibrosis) scores. Branched chain ammo acids to tvrosine ratio have a correlation with Fischer ratio and the examination is easier because it can be done by enzymatic assay. Materials and Methods: To evaluate the correlation between BTR and Child-Pugh score, we examined the amino gram of 52 liver cirrhosis patients consisted of 26 Child-Pugh A, 19 Child-Pugh B, and 7 Child-Pugh C. The examination of amino gram was done by High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) analyzer. Branched chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio were compared to Child-Pugh score, albumin, ammonia level, number connection test to Fischer ratio. Results: Significant differences in BTR among Child-Pugh A, B, C were observed (Child-Pugh A 7.75 ± 1.2; Child Pugh B 6.0 ± 1.23 and Child Pugh C 4.38 + 3.14 (p = 0.000)). Branched chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio had a weak correlation with albumin fr - 0.292; p = 0.036), ammonia level (r = 0.376; p = 0.006) and strong correlation with Fischer ratio (r = 0.818; p = 0.000). There was no significant correlation between BTR and number connection test. Conclusion: These results showed that the determination of the molar ratio of branched chain amino acids to tyrosine well reflected the severity of liver cirrhosis and it can be used as a substitute of Fischer ratio.