Abstract:Background and Study Aims Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is the most common gastroenterological emergency in patients with cirrhosis; It increases the hospital length of stay (LOS), and Chance of 30-day hospital readmission. It has not been clarified if there is a difference in the prognosis of UGIB in cirrhosis depending on the source of bleeding. We aimed to investigate clinical outcomes in patients with cirrhosis with either acute variceal bleeding (AVB) or non-variceal bleeding (NVB) and risk… Show more
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