2021
Cirrhosis Is Associated With High Mortality and Readmissions Over 90 Days Regardless of COVID‐19: A Multicenter Cohort
Bajaj JS, Garcia‐Tsao G, Wong F, Biggins SW, Kamath PS, McGeorge S, Chew M, Pearson M, Shaw J, Kalluri A, Fagan A, Olofson A, Moini M, de la Rosa Rodriguez R, Reddy KR. Cirrhosis Is Associated With High Mortality and Readmissions Over 90 Days Regardless of COVID‐19: A Multicenter Cohort. Liver Transplantation 2021, 27: 1343-1347. PMID: 33427401, PMCID: PMC8014819, DOI: 10.1002/lt.25981.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
The 3‐month readmission rate remains unacceptably high in a large North American cohort of patients with cirrhosis
Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia‐Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Biggins SW, Thuluvath PJ, Fallon MB, Subramanian RM, Vargas H, Thacker LR, O'Leary JG, Disease N. The 3‐month readmission rate remains unacceptably high in a large North American cohort of patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 2016, 64: 200-208. PMID: 26690389, PMCID: PMC4700508, DOI: 10.1002/hep.28414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHumansLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedNorth AmericaPatient ReadmissionProspective StudiesConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseNosocomial infectionsLiver diseaseEnd-stage Liver Disease cohortEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreSmall single-center studiesLarge North American cohortHigher readmission riskInfection-related readmissionLiver disease cohortPercent of readmissionsLiver Disease scoreSingle-center studyMultivariable logistic regressionNorth American cohortNorth American ConsortiumIndex admissionNonelective indicationsAdvanced cirrhosisProphylactic antibioticsCirrhosis severityInhibitor useReadmission ratesMonths postdischargeReadmission risk