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In addition to general ICU patients, APACHE II has also been studied in specific groups of patients such as those with trauma [ 6], sepsis [ 7], and cirrhosis [ 8].
A recent study by Matsumoto [ 16] demonstrated that patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis had higher levels of exhaled nitric oxide than patients with compensated cirrhosis, chronic liver disease, or controls.
Physicians rated hepatitis C health states using a visual analog scale where 0% represented death and 100% corresponded to life without hepatitis C. We designated life without hepatitis C as the highest preference value and assessed preferences for the health state hepatitis C with No Symptoms, No cirrhosis because the psychological impact of having a disease can effect health status in the absence of physical symptoms.
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a slowly progressive disease that affects approximately 2.7 million persons in the United States [ 1 ] . Most persons with hepatitis C are asymptomatic, although some experience fatigue or other nonspecific symptoms [ 2 3 ] . The minority progress to cirrhosis, liver cancer, or liver failure [ 4 5 6 ] . Both physicians and patients must weigh the immediate harm associated with treatment for HCV including side effects and cost of therapy against potential future benefits when making treatment decisions.
Unlike most other viral hepatitis infections that tend to be acute, hepatitis C infections are often chronic and persist for decades [ 1 2 3 ] . The long-term sequelae of chronic HCV infections include increased risks of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma [ 4 5 ] .
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