Shifting cirrhosis phenotype with changes in liver disease etiology in an Australian tertiary hospital

Table 2 Reasons for inpatient hospitalization, n (%)

	2012	2019	P value
Total number of admissions	969	690
Median number of admissions per patient, n (IQR)	2 (1, 4)	2 (1, 3)	0.2
Reason for first presentation of the year			0.4
Ascites/hepatic hydrothorax	72 (40)	75 (38)
Hepatic encephalopathy	48 (27)	54 (27)
Bleeding	25 (14)	36 (18)
Hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury	10 (5.6)	7 (3.5)
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	10 (5.6)	5 (2.5)
Other	13 (7.3)	21 (11)
Total number of decompensating liver events	Total n = 1165	Total n = 895
Ascites	760	474
Hepatic hydrothorax	27	29
Hepatic encephalopathy	194	139
Variceal bleeding	47	40
Non-variceal bleeding	35	73
Hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury	51	50
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	28	45
Jaundice	23	45

IQR: Interquartile range.