Cirrhotic patients and older people

• 作者: Jérémie Jacques Marilyne Debette-Gratien Paul Carrier Véronique Loustaud-Ratti
• 来源期刊: 世界肝病学杂志:英文版(电子版)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: LIVER CIRRHOSIS PORTAL hypertension LIVER cancer LIVER transplantation OLD age OLDER ELDERLY
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（9）
• 页码范围: 663-677
• 页数: 15页
• 分类号: R

摘要

The global population is aging,and so the number of older cirrhotic patients is increasing.Older patients are characterised by a risk of frailty and comorbidities,and age is a risk factor for mortality in cirrhotic patients.The incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as an aetiology of cirrhosis is increasing,while that of chronic viral hepatitis is decreasing.Also,cirrhosis is frequently idiopathic.The management of portal hypertension in older cirrhotic patients is similar to that in younger patients,despite the greater risk of treatment-related adverse events of the former.The prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma increases with age,but its treatment is unaffected.Liver transplantation is generally recommended for patients<70 years of age.Despite the increasing prevalence of cirrhosis in older people,little data are available and few recommendations have been proposed.This review suggests that comorbidities have a considerable impact on older cirrhotic patients.