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 4 Patient comorbidities and management with associated mortality

Variable	Mortality overall (n = 58362)	Mortality teaching (n = 30382)	Mortality non-teaching (n = 27979)
Variable	Mortality overall (n = 58362)	Mortality teaching (n = 30382)	Mortality non-teaching (n = 27979)
Elixhauser comorbidities
0	4202 (7.2)	3008 (9.9)	1455 (5.2)
1	4085 (7.0)	2734 (9.0)	1287 (4.6)
2	4144 (7.1)	2886 (9.5)	1371 (4.9)
≥ 3	3794 (6.5)	2157 (7.1)	1567 (5.6)
Liver comorbidities
Alcoholic cirrhosis^a	4494 (7.7)	2795 (9.2)	1763 (6.3)
Ascites	5953 (10.2)	3585 (11.8)	2266 (8.1)
Hepatic encephalopathy	9338 (16.0)	5165 (17.0)	3973 (14.2)
SBP	11322 (19.4)	8294 (27.3)	1567 (5.6)
Hepatorenal syndrome	23695 (40.6)	12335 (40.6)	11415 (40.8)
Coagulopathy	4844 (8.3)	2917 (9.6)	1931 (6.9)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	7821 (13.4)	4770 (15.7)	2266 (8.1)
Management
Blood transfusion	4319 (7.4)	2643 (8.7)	1735 (6.2)
Balloon tamponade	30290 (51.9)	15616 (51.4)	14857 (53.1)
Portosystemic shunt	8871 (15.2)	5195 (17.1)	2770 (9.9)

^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.

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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
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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 [PMID: 32742571 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288]

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