[Mortality and readmission in hospitalized cirrhotic patients in a General Hospital from Lima, Peru]. / Mortalidad y readmisión en pacientes cirróticos hospitalizados en un hospital general de Lima, Perú
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
; 33(4): 301-5, 2013.
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UNLABELLED: Liver cirrhosis is a public health problem. In Peru, is the leading cause of death in liver diseases. In addition, patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are at increased risk for readmission. OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of mortality and readmission at 3 months, and clinical-epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized cirrhotic patients in a general hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected prospectively of hospitalized cirrhotic patients in the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia,Lima,Peru, from October 2011 to October 2012; telephone follow-up was at 3 months after hospital discharge. RESULTS: The study included 96 patients. The mean age was 59.2 years. The most common etiology of cirrhosis was alcohol (45.8%) and the main reason for hospitalization was upper gastrointestinal bleeding (29.2%). Global mortality was 39.6% (38 patients), from them, 63.2% (24/38) were inpatients, its main cause was septic shock 31.5% (12/38). Forty-four percent of the deceased had infection as complication. Hospital readmission was 42.8% (33/77) and 36.3% of them died. CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalized cirrhotic patients showed high mortality at 3 months, these patients at discharge revealed a high readmission within 3 months of follow up.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Readmissão do Paciente
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Cirrose Hepática
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Peru