Table 1.

Complications and consequences of liver cirrhosis

Development of collateral circulation – esophageal varices and varices of other gastrointestinal tubular organs and their secondary consequences (hemorrhages, eating disorders, drug metabolism disorders)

Gastro-, entero-, portal colopathy and their consequences (mucosal bleeding)

GAVE – “melon skin”, “snake skin”, and the consequences of bleeding

Ascites and its consequences (e.g. spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hernia, circulatory-respiratory failure)

Splenomegaly, usually with hypersplenism

Hepatic encephalopathy

Cholestasis

Hepatic-renal syndrome

Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Emaciation

Primary HCC-carcinoma (also HCC/ChCC)

Immune system disorders and increased risk of infection