Table 2.

Summary of outcome measurements (N = 1,021).

Variable	Medical (n = 724)	p-TIPS (n = 297)	p value
Rescue TIPS	71 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	<0.001
Mortality, n (%)	143 (19.8%)	43 (14.5%)	0.061
Cause of death, n (%)
Liver failure	41 (5.7%)	19 (6.4%)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	60 (8.3%)	7 (2.4%)
Sepsis/pneumonia	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	4 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)
Multiorgan failure	8 (1.1%)	4 (1.3%)
Unrelated with liver disease	7 (1.0%)	6 (2.0%)
Unknown	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)
Liver transplantation, n (%)	49 (6.8%)	14 (4.7%)	0.307
Further bleeding, n (%)	282 (39.0%)	39 (13.1%)	<0.001
Overt hepatic encephalopathy, n (%)	212 (29.3%)	89 (30.0%)	0.862

Data presented as number of patients (percentage).

Comparisons between groups of variables were done with the chi-squared test.

p-TIPS, pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.