Open AccessCirrhotic Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Have a Low Rate of Successful Extubation and Survival
Author(s) -
Roula Sasso,
Steven D. Lauzon,
Don C. Rockey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digestive diseases and sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1573-2568
pISSN - 0163-2116
DOI - 10.1007/s10620-020-06051-6
Subject(s) - mechanical ventilation , medicine , mortality rate , decompensation , sepsis , multivariate analysis , sofa score , intubation , surgery
We hypothesized that mechanically ventilated cirrhotic patients not only have poor outcomes, but also that certain clinical variables are likely to be associated with mortality. We aimed to describe the predictors of mortality in these patients.