Objective:
The nutritional status of patients with liver cirrhosis complicated with EGVB controlled with initial endoscopic treatment in our hospital was evaluated according to the CONUT score. We compared the clinical data and prognosis of patients with different levels of nutritional status, and then investigated the role of CONUT score before endoscopic treatment on its prognosis.
Methods:
This is a retrospective study and obtain informed consent from all the study participants by telephone and wetchat.The patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis complicated with Esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) in our hospital from April 2018 to November 2018 were retrospectively selected, and then controlled successfully by endoscopic operation. A total of 166 patients were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups: the low CONUT score group and the high CONUT score group, based on the optimal cut-off points determined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The differences in baseline data, endoscopic data, treatment effects, and survival analysis were compared between the two groups of patients.
Conclusion
COUNT score affects prognosis of patients with EGVB.
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