Abstract

Cirrhosis is a serious pathology that leads to complications whose management remains difficult in our country. Objective: to evaluate the evolutionary aspects of cirrhosis at the Brazzaville University Hospital. Patients and methods: this was a retrospective study over a period of 18 months (from January 2015 to July 2016), performed in the gastroenterology department of the Brazzaville University Hospital. All patients regularly followed for decompensated cirrhosis were included. The studied variables were the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical characteristics, the occurrence of complications, the survival, the causes of death. Univariate analysis was used to determine prognostic factors based on the Child Pugh score.

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