A majority of patients hospitalized with cirrhosis were readmitted to the hospital due to infection and other liver-related complications within 3 months of being discharged, according to a presention at the 2015 International Liver Congress.
Researchers analyzed data collected from the North American Consortium for the Study of End-stage Liver Disease of 578 patients hospitalized with cirrhosis. Researchers followed patients who were discharged for 3 months to determine any readmissions, transplantation and mortality. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine and analyze reasoning for readmission.
During follow-up, 77 patients died or entered hospice and 20 underwent transplantation. Therefore, 481 patients were included in the final analysis.
Overall, 50% of the patients were readmitted at least once during the follow-up period; 56% had one readmission, 28% had two readmissions and 16% had three or more readmissions.
Forty percent of readmissions were due to infections, 49% due to liver-related complications and 11% for other reasons, according to the research. Readmission rates were similar for patients admitted with infection and those without.
Researchers found that in a large multicenter study of hospitalized cirrhotic patients - 50% of them were re-hospitalized within 3 months of discharge, most often due to problems related to worse liver disease severity and use of antibiotics.
Researchers analyzed data collected from the North American Consortium for the Study of End-stage Liver Disease of 578 patients hospitalized with cirrhosis. Researchers followed patients who were discharged for 3 months to determine any readmissions, transplantation and mortality. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine and analyze reasoning for readmission.
During follow-up, 77 patients died or entered hospice and 20 underwent transplantation. Therefore, 481 patients were included in the final analysis.
Overall, 50% of the patients were readmitted at least once during the follow-up period; 56% had one readmission, 28% had two readmissions and 16% had three or more readmissions.
Forty percent of readmissions were due to infections, 49% due to liver-related complications and 11% for other reasons, according to the research. Readmission rates were similar for patients admitted with infection and those without.
Researchers found that in a large multicenter study of hospitalized cirrhotic patients - 50% of them were re-hospitalized within 3 months of discharge, most often due to problems related to worse liver disease severity and use of antibiotics.
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