Prognostic Factors in Liver Cirrhosis Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Introduction and aim: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) remains one of the frequent problems in medical practice, that especially on patient with hepatic cirrhosis, has a major significance due to its determined mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to analyze the upper gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhotic patients and to assed the different parameters as possible prognostic factors for mortality in those patients. Material and methods: We have made a retrospective study on 647 patients with liver cirrhosis patients hospitalized for UGB episode in a 5 years period in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinic of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara. The liver cirrhosis diagnostic of the patients included in the study was determined by clinical exam together with paraclinical tests (laboratory and imagistic), or by histological exam

Author(s): Ramona Goldis

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