| Autor: |
I.E. Bravo-Espinoza, J.L. Pérez-Hernández, F.A. Lajud-Barquín, R.Y. López-Pérez, M.O. Santana-Montes, P.M. Diego-Salazar, M.F. Higuera de la Tijera |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Annals of Hepatology, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 100591- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1665-2681 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.aohep.2021.100591 |
| Popis: |
Introduction and Objectives: Liver cirrhosis is a highly prevalent worldwide disease and in the last decade, there has been an increase of 13%. Patients with advanced liver disease are at higher risk of developing life-threatening decompensations; one of these main complications is the presence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, representing a frequent cause of hospital admission and mortality. Broad knowledge of these complications is essential to improve the diagnostic and therapeutic approach in these patients. Objectives: To compare the different complications related to upper gastrointestinal bleeding of variceal vs. non-variceal origin and the characteristics of these patients. Methods: Case-control study conducted in a cohort. The cohort was made up of cirrhotic patients due to any etiology who were admitted for hospitalization at our unit in a period from January 2017 to May 2021; two groups were extracted, those with variceal bleeding formed the cases group and, those with non-variceal hemorrhage the control group and a comparison between groups was made using X2 or Fisher's exact test or Student's test accordingly to the type and distribution of each variable, considering significant a value of p |
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