Research Article
Drug Treatment of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Ghana: Does It Comply with Recommended Guidelines?
Table 1
Characteristic of patients involved in the study (
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| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
| Sex | | | Male | 109 | 71.7 | Female | 43 | 28.3 | Age range (years) | | | 18–39 | 66 | 43.4 | 40–59 | 63 | 41.4 | ≥60 | 23 | 15.1 | Severity | | | Class A | 16 | 10.5 | Class B | 74 | 48.7 | Class C | 62 | 40.8 | Etiology | | | Hepatitis B | 80 | 52.6 | Hepatitis C | 30 | 19.7 | Hepatocellular carcinoma | 15 | 9.9 | Alcoholic hepatitis | 8 | 5.3 | Cryptogenic | 19 | 12.5 | Complications | | | Ascites | 120 | 78.9 | Hypoalbuminemia | 111 | 73.0 | Jaundice | 86 | 56.6 | Spont. bact. peritonitis | 85 | 55.9 | Gastrointestinal bleeding | 60 | 39.5 | Portal hypertension | 36 | 23.7 | Hyponatremia | 26 | 17.1 | Acute kidney injury | 20 | 13.2 | Hepatic encephalopathy | 18 | 11.8 | Varices | 13 | 8.6 |
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