Contribución al estudio de la hepatitis infecciosa y de la cirrosis hepática

Abstract

1. The hospitalization protocols of 145 cases of hepatitis and 95 cases of hepatic cirrhosis registered in Hospital San Juan de Dios, San José, Costa Rica from 1950 through September 1954 are studied. 2. The main clinical and laboratory characteristics of either disease are not­ed, from analysis of the material in question. 3. High bilirubin values (above 2 mg.%) in cirrhosis as well as in infectious hepatitis indicate a bad prognosis and show a high mortality. 4. Seven out of 145 cases of hepatitis died, giving a mortality of 4.7%. 5. The record shows a high incidence o f infectious hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis in certain cantones of San José province. 6. Thirty-seven out of 95 cases of cirrhosis investigated died, giving a mortality of 38.9%.