Mortality in patients with cirrhosis admitted to the ICU: time to rethink strategies?

Mortality in patients with cirrhosis admitted to the ICU: time to rethink strategies?

The main cause for cirrhosis was alcohol (53.3%), followed by alcohol plus chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (20%) and HCV virus infection alone (13.3%). At admission, these patients presented an average Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score of 23.5 ± 10.4 with 70% classified as grade C in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critical care (London, England) England), 2015-01, Vol.19 (S1), p.P385-P385, Article P385
Hauptverfasser: Vaz, A, Eusebio, M, Antunes, A, Sousa, A, Perez, P, Ornelas, R, Granja, C, Guerreiro, H
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Sprache:eng
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Alcohol
Liver
Liver cirrhosis
Mortality
Patient admissions
Physiology
Poster Presentation
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Zusammenfassung:The main cause for cirrhosis was alcohol (53.3%), followed by alcohol plus chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (20%) and HCV virus infection alone (13.3%). At admission, these patients presented an average Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score of 23.5 ± 10.4 with 70% classified as grade C in the Child-Pugh score; mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) 29.2 ± 8.7 and new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) 62.7 ± 29.
ISSN:1364-8535
1364-8535
1366-609X
1466-609X
DOI:10.1186/cc14465