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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2006; 12(14): 2254-2258
Published online Apr 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2254
Published online Apr 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2254
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis who developed acute myopathy
Clinical parameters | Number of cases (n=99) |
Sex (M:F) | 74:25 (2.96:1) |
Age (yr) range | 27 - 76 |
mean | 51 ± 10 |
Etiology of LC | |
Alcohol | 47 |
CVH (B) | 41 |
CVH (C) | 5 |
Wilson's disease | 1 |
Idiopathic | 5 |
Child-Pugh Class | |
A:B:C | 3:33:63 |
Table 2 Predisposing factors of acute myopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis (n=99)
Predisposing factors | Number of cases (%) |
Infection | 46 (46.5) |
Respiratory infection | 17 |
Gastrointestinal infection | 12 |
Genitourinary infection | 8 |
Septic shock | 5 |
Alcohol | 8 (8.1) |
Exercise or trauma | 8 (8.1) |
Transarterial embolization | 4 (4.0) |
Herb medicine | 3 (3.0) |
Dehydration | 2 (2.0) |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 1 (1.0) |
Idiopathic | 27 (27.3) |
Table 3 Muscle enzymes in patients with liver cirrhosis and acute myopathy
AST (IU/L) | CPK (IU/L) | LDH (IU/L) | |
Class A | 925 | 6 820.7 | 1013 |
Class B | 1 359.8 | 21 083.3 | 1 991.7 |
Class C | 1 231.2 | 21 147.9 | 1 936.1 |
Total | 1 264.8 | 20 693.2 | 1 926.7 |
Peak daya | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
Table 4 Clinical outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis and acute myopathy by Child-Pugh's classification (n=93)
Child-Pugh class (%) | ||||
Outcome | A | B | C | Total |
Recovery | 3(100) | 26(83.9) | 35(59.3) | 64(68.8) |
Death | 0(0) | 5(16.1) | 24(40.7) | 29(31.2) |
Total | 3 | 31 | 59 | 93a |
- Citation: Lee OJ, Yoon JH, Lee EJ, Kim HJ, Kim TH. Acute myopathy associated with liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(14): 2254-2258
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i14/2254.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2254