Clinical outcomes and care for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) leads to high rates of acute kidney injury (AKI), hepatorenal syndrome, and mortality. Population-based studies on contemporary SBP epidemiology are needed to inform care. In a large, national cohort of patients diagnosed with SBP and confirmed by ascitic fluid criteria, we characterized ascitic fluid characteristics, in-hospital and 12-month mortality, AKI, and recurrent SBP.

Approach and results

We investigated how individual and bundled quality measures for SBP associated with outcomes after multi-level adjustment for health-system, patient clinical factors, and quality measures. Individual and bundled quality metrics were inpatient antibiotics within 48 hours, i.v. albumin, repeat paracentesis within 48 hours, r

SUBMITTER: Serper M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12304233 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature