Table 1. Clinical parameters of the patients (n = 49) at the time of TIPS placement.
| Parameters | Value |
| Gender (female/male) | 16/33 |
| Age (in years) | 58 (29–80) |
| Child score | 8 (5–12) |
| Child category (A/B/C) | 10/25/14 |
| MELD score | 7.9 (6–18.5) |
| Aetiology (Alcoholic liver disease/chronic hepatitis) | 37/12 |
| Ascites (Absent/mild/severe) | 14/6/29 |
| Hepato-renal syndrome (Absent/Type 1/Type 2) | 30/14/5 |
| Patients receiving diuretics (No/yes) | 16/33 |
| Patients receiving antibiotics* (No/yes) | 36/13 |
| Oesophageal varices (Absent/grade I-II/grade III-IV) | 5/33/11 |
| Recurrent variceal bleeding (Absent/present) | 20/29 |
| Patients receiving beta-blockers (No/yes) | 12/37 |
MELD; Model for End Stage Liver Disease, Median (range). *Antibiotics used were quinolones and penicillin for various causes (pneumonia, urinary infection, SBP-prophylaxis), and patients showed no signs of infection at TIPS placement.