Table 4.
Patient comorbidities and management with associated mortality
| Variable | Mortality overall (n = 58362) | Mortality teaching (n = 30382) | Mortality non-teaching (n = 27979) |
| Elixhauser comorbidities | |||
| 0 | 4202 (7.2) | 3008 (9.9) | 1455 (5.2) |
| 1 | 4085 (7.0) | 2734 (9.0) | 1287 (4.6) |
| 2 | 4144 (7.1) | 2886 (9.5) | 1371 (4.9) |
| ≥ 3 | 3794 (6.5) | 2157 (7.1) | 1567 (5.6) |
| Liver comorbidities | |||
| Alcoholic cirrhosisa | 4494 (7.7) | 2795 (9.2) | 1763 (6.3) |
| Ascites | 5953 (10.2) | 3585 (11.8) | 2266 (8.1) |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 9338 (16.0) | 5165 (17.0) | 3973 (14.2) |
| SBP | 11322 (19.4) | 8294 (27.3) | 1567 (5.6) |
| Hepatorenal syndrome | 23695 (40.6) | 12335 (40.6) | 11415 (40.8) |
| Coagulopathy | 4844 (8.3) | 2917 (9.6) | 1931 (6.9) |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 7821 (13.4) | 4770 (15.7) | 2266 (8.1) |
| Management | |||
| Blood transfusion | 4319 (7.4) | 2643 (8.7) | 1735 (6.2) |
| Balloon tamponade | 30290 (51.9) | 15616 (51.4) | 14857 (53.1) |
| Portosystemic shunt | 8871 (15.2) | 5195 (17.1) | 2770 (9.9) |
a
P > 0.05 in comparison between groups. All data are proportions [n (%)]. Comparisons between groups made with χ2 test. All comparisons had P < 0.001 between groups unless otherwise stated.