Predictors of Re-bleeding and Mortality Among Patients with Refractory Variceal Bleeding Undergoing Salvage Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS).

Francesca SaffiotiFrancesca SaffiotiRoberto FilomiaAngela AlibrandiGrazia IsgròVincenza CalvarusoElias XirouchakisGian Piero GuerriniAndrew K BurroughsEmmanuel TsochatzisDavid Patch

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2018)

In this large cohort of patients undergoing salvage TIPS, MELD and Child-Pugh scores were predictive of short- and long-term mortality, respectively. Pre-TIPS intensive care unit stay was independently associated with TIPS failure and mortality at 6 weeks and 12 months. Salvage TIPS is futile in patients with Child-Pugh score of 14-15.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
cardiovascular events
patients undergoing
atrial fibrillation
risk factors
coronary artery disease
pulmonary artery
preterm birth
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation