Abstract
Early placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is considered the treatment of choice for patients with acute variceal bleeding (AVB) and cirrhosis who have a high risk of death (Child-Pugh class B with active bleeding at endoscopy or Child-Pugh class C). It has been proposed that patients of Child-Pugh class B, even with active bleeding, should not be considered high risk. Alternative criteria have been proposed for identification of high-risk patients, such as Child-Pugh class C with plasma level of creatinine of 1 mg/dL or more (ChildC-C1) and a model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score of 19 or more. We analyzed outcomes of a large cohort of patients with AVB who received the standard of care at different centers to validate these systems of risk stratification. We performed an observational study of 915 patients with liver cirrhosis and AVB who received standard treatment (drugs, antibiotics, and endoscopic ligation, with TIPS as the rescue treatment), over different time periods between 2006 and 2014 in Canada and Europe. All patients were followed until day 42 (week 6) after index AVB or death. Child-Pugh and MELD scores were calculated at time of hospital admission. The primary outcome wa...Continue Reading
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