Hospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States

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World J Hepatol. Jun 27, 2020; 12(6): 288-297
Published online Jun 27, 2020. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288

Table 2 Patient comorbidities and management

Variable	All (58362)	Teaching (30382)	Non-teaching (27979)
Variable	All (58362)	Teaching (30382)	Non-teaching (27979)
Elixhauser comorbidities^a
0	2568 (4.4)	1398 (4.6)	1175 (4.2)
1	8929 (15.3)	4679 (15.4)	4281 (15.3)
2	14707 (25.2)	7565 (24.9)	7135 (25.5)
≥ 3	32157 (55.1)	16740 (55.1)	15388 (55.0)
Liver comorbidities
Alcoholic cirrhosis	30232 (51.8)	16102 (53.0)	14157 (50.6)
Ascites	19551 (33.5)	10998 (36.2)	8534 (30.5)
Hepatic encephalopathy	9280 (15.9)	5286 (17.4)	4001 (14.3)
SBP	1109 (1.9)	760 (2.5)	336 (1.2)
Hepatorenal syndrome	1868 (3.2)	1276 (4.2)	616 (2.2)
Coagulopathy^a	27255 (46.7)	14340 (47.2)	12870 (46.0)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	2101 (3.6)	1398 (4.6)	699 (2.5)
Management
Blood transfusion	36184 (62.0)	18199 (59.9)	17963 (64.2)
Balloon tamponade	525 (0.9)	365 (1.2)	168 (0.6)
Portosystemic shunt	3268 (5.6)	2400 (7.9)	867 (3.1)

^aP > 0.05 in comparison between groups. All data are proportions [n (%)]. Comparisons between groups made with χ² test. All comparisons had P < 0.001 between groups unless otherwise stated.

Citation: Patel P, Rotundo L, Orosz E, Afridi F, Pyrsopoulos N. Hospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(6): 288-297
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v12/i6/288.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288