Open AccessHospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States
Author(s) -
Pavan Patel,
Laura Rotundo,
Evan Orosz,
Faiz Afridi,
Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288
Subject(s) - medicine , bleed , esophageal varices , cirrhosis , gastric varices , portal hypertension , emergency medicine , surgery
Acute variceal bleeding is a major complication of portal hypertension and is a leading cause of death in patients with cirrhosis. There is limited data on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in teaching versus nonteaching hospitals. Because esophageal variceal bleeding requires complex management, it may be hypothesized that teaching hospitals have lower mortality.