1. Epidemiological insights into liver cirrhosisNahum Mendez-Sanchez, Mariana M. Ramirez-Mejia and Deyanira Kusulas-Delint2. Diagnosis and risk stratification of liver cirrhosisHitoshi Maruyama3. Pathophysiology of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosisMauro Bernardi and Giacomo Zaccherini4. Gut microbiota in liver cirrhosisCyriac Abby Philips and Tharun Tom Oommen5. Ascites in liver cirrhosisXianxian Zhang, Cai'e Wang, Alastair O'Brien and Xingshun Qi6. Gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhosisAmerah Taleb and Mostafa Ibrahim7. Hepatic encephalopathyJessica Faccioli, Stefania Gioia, Silvia Nardelli and Lorenzo Ridola8. Acute kidney injury in liver cirrhosisFlorence Wong9. Bacterial infections in liver cirrhosisMassimo Primignani10. Coagulation abnormality in liver cirrhosisElisa Zanatta, Marco Senzolo, Elena Campello, Paolo Simioni and Alberto Zanetto11. Splanchnic vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosisErica Villa and Stefano Gitto12. Splenomegaly and hypersplenism in liver cirrhosisRita Noversa de Sousa and Filipe Gaio Nery13. Pulmonary complications in liver cirrhosisThierry Thevenot, Sarah Raevens, Avinash Aujayeb, Jean-Franc¿ ois Cadranel, Bubu A. Banini and Hilary M. DubrockSubchapter 13.1: PortopulmonarySubchapter 13.2: Hepatic hydrothorax14. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathyOlivia Greenham and Rajeshwar Prosad Mookerjee15. Acute-on-chronic liver failureShahid Habib16. Hepatogenous diabetes in liver cirrhosisJose K. Hernandez Roman, Michael Attanasi and Sanjaya K. Satapathy17. Sarcopenia in liver cirrhosisSara Haj Ali, Tarek Mazzawi, Awni Abu Sneineh and Faten Marji18. Osteoporosis in liver cirrhosisTalles Bazeia Lima, Livia Alves Amaral Santos and Fernando Gomes Romeiro19. Hepatocellular carcinomaLampros Chrysavgis and Evangelos Cholongitas20. Prognostic models of cirrhotic patientsXiaoting Song, Yue Yinast;, Hong You and Xingshun Qi