A population-based cohort study of mortality of intensive care unit patients with liver cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The impact of liver cirrhosis on the outcomes of admission to intensive care unit (ICU) is not completely understood. Our purpose is to identify risk factors for mortality in ICU patients with liver cirrhosis. METHODS:Using reimbursement claims from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database from in 2006-2012, 1,250,300 patients were identified as having ICU stays of more than 1 day, and 37,197 of these had liver cirrhosis. With propensity score-matching for socioeconomic status, pre-existing medical conditions, and cirrhosis-related morbidities, 37,197 ICU patients without liver cirrhosis were selected for comparison. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of cirrhosis associated with 30-day, ICU, and one-year mortality were calculated. RESULTS:

SUBMITTER: Huang YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966823 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature