Management and Outcomes of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Current and Future Challenges in Internal Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

This Nursing Reports Special Issue on the “Management and Outcomes of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Current and Future Challenges in Internal Diseases” will focus on these topics by bringing together experts to present research in the field.

Cirrhosis is common, and the twelfth‐leading cause of death worldwide. The major complications of cirrhosis include varices, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy (HE), hepatopulmonary hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatorenal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and coagulation disorders. Patients with cirrhosis require constant monitoring both in and outside the hospital. Internists and nurses play an important role in the management and prevention of complications of liver cirrhosis and improvement in connection between clinicians and families, Nursing care includes education about the complications of cirrhosis, prevention, and early detection through specific symptoms.

Inpatient nursing care of patients with cirrhosis includes vital sign monitoring, particularly blood pressure and heart rate, insertion of a peripheral intravenous line, and monitoring of mental status, skin color and temperature, and stool characteristics.

Malnutrition is a common complication of cirrhosis, increases in frequency with the Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) score, and is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. 

This Special Issue aims to present research articles as well as critical reviews that address challenges to see and understand the role of internists and nursing care in the treatment of patients with liver cirrhosis.

Prof. Dr. Andrzej Paweł Prystupa
Dr. Paweł Kiciński
Guest Editors

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