Number of patients

221

Socio-demography

-Age

14 years - 86 years (59 ± 15.12 years)

-Sex ratio (M/F)

2.06

-Socioeconomic status

high (8), middle (117), low (80), unspecified (16)

Etiology

HBV^* (76.04%), alcohol (11.06%) not identified (9%), HCV^** (3%)

Clinic

-Ascites ± edema in the lowerextremities

ascite (136), ascite + ankle edema (91)

-gastrointestinal bleeding

43

- hepatic encephalopathy

104

Portal hypertension endoscopicsigns (113 patients)

OVs^*** stage I (20), OVs Stage II (58), OVs stage III (35), bleeding gastric varices (04) Gastropathy http (71)

Biologicalparameters

-Prothrombinrate (N ≥ 70%)

16% - 100% (mean 57.27 ± 23.21; median 55)

- Bilirubin (N ˂ 10 mg/l)

0.28 - 6.2 mg/l (mean30.66 ± 23.64; median 22.5)

-Albumin (N = 35 - 50 g/l)

6.1 - 63.7 g/l (mean 25.35 ± 9.98; median 25)

-Natremia (N = 135 - 145 meq/l)

96 - 172 meq/l (mean 135.08 ± 9.52; median 135)

-Creatinine (N ˂ 15)

3 - 176 mg/l (mean 16.18 ± 19.58; median 10.25)

-platelets (N = 150 - 450 GIGA/L)

14 - 670 GIGA/L (mean 131.27 ± 96.82; median 108)

Child Pugh score

Stage A/Stage B/Stage C

28/117/76