Early predictors of outcomes of hospitalization for cirrhosis and assessment of the impact of race and ethnicity at safety-net hospitals.
V V Pavan Kedar MukthinuthalapatiSamuel AkinyeyeZachary P FrickerMoinuddin SyedEric S OrmanLauren NephewEduardo Vilar-GomezJames SlavenNaga ChalasaniMaya BalakrishnanMichelle T LongBashar M AttarMarwan S GhabrilPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Hospital mortality and 30-day readmission in patients with cirrhosis at safety-net hospitals are associated with disease severity and comorbidities, with lower readmissions in patients admitted for GIB. Despite geographic and racial/ethnic differences in hospital mortality, these factors were not independently associated with mortality.