Risk of comorbidities and outcomes in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding - a nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of comorbidities on outcomes of patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) remains unknown.

Objective

Investigate the prevalence of comorbidities and impact on outcomes of patients with LGIB.

Methods

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2010 was used to identify patients who had a primary discharge diagnosis of LGIB based on International Classification of Diseases, the 9th revision, clinical modification codes. The presence of comorbid illness was assessed using the Elixhauser index. Logistic regression models were used to assess the contributions of the individual Elixhauser comorbidities to predict in-hospital mortality.

Results

A total of 58,296 discharges with LGIB were identified. The overall mortality was 2.3 %. Among the patie

SUBMITTER: Venkatesh PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4823646 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature