Factors influencing in-hospital mortality for salvage percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in cirrhotic patients with recalcitrant variceal bleeding after failed endoscopic intervention

CONCLUSION: Salvage TIPS controlled variceal bleeding in 94% of patients after failed endoscopic therapy with 29% in-hospital mortality. The most significant predictors of mortality were C-P grade C, grade 3 ascites, inotrope requirement, endotracheal intubation and endoscopically uncontrolled bleeding.PMID:38525611 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i1.1839

Source: South African Medical Journal - March 25, 2024 Category: African Health Authors: J E J Krige E G Jonas M Setshedi S J Beningfield U K Lotze M M Bernon S Burmeister J C Kloppers Source Type: research