TABLE 3.

The most responsible diagnosis for admission among 171 patients with 213 admissions between April 2001 and March 2002^*

Diagnosis	Admissions, n (%)
Acute variceal bleeding	30 (14)
Nonportal hypertensive-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding	30 (14)
Ascites and complications of ascites	46 (22)
Hepatic encephalopathy	49 (23)
Infections (excluding SBP)†	53 (25)
Alcoholic withdrawal or seizures	13 (6)
Others	40 (19)

^*Some of the patients had more than one most responsible diagnosis, as determined on the chart review;

^†Most common infections were pneumonia, skin infections and sepsis with primary site of infection not identified. SBP Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis