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. 2019 Aug 29;7(9):E1099–E1104. doi: 10.1055/a-0965-6662

Table 1. Patient demographics.

EUS-GBD patients with cirrhosis (n = 15)
Age, mean ± SD 61 17.1
Number of females (%)  9 60
Etiology of cirrhosis
Chronic Hepatitis C virus, n (%)  2 13
Alcohol, n (%)  4 27
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, n (%)  8 53
Autoimmune, n (%)  1  7
Child-Pugh class
A  3 20
B 10 67
C  2 13
Ascites grade at time of procedure
0  5 33
1  7 47
2  3 20
3  0  0
INR at time of procedure
 < 1.5  8 53
1.5 – 2.5  7 47
MELD-Na, mean ± SD 15  7
Indication for EUS-GBD
Acute cholecystitis, n (%) 11 73
Chronic cholecystitis, n (%)  2 13
Recurrent gallstone pancreatitis, n (%)  2 13
Surgical consultation for cholecystectomy, n (%)  9 60
Indwelling percutaneous cholecystostomy tube, n (%)  3 20

EUS-GBD, endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage; SD, standard deviation; INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease.