Yonsei Med J.  2012 Mar;53(2):318-327. 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.2.318.

Acute Variceal Hemorrhage in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Weekend versus Weekday Admissions

• Byun SJ
• Kim SU
• Park JY
• Kim BK
• Kim DY
• Han KH
• Chon CY
• Ahn SH

• KMID: 1120198
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2012.53.2.318

Abstract

PURPOSE
Little is known about the impact of weekend admission on acute variceal hemorrhage (AVH). Thus, we investigated whether day of admission due to AVH influenced in-hospital mortality.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 294 patients with cirrhosis admitted between January 2005 and February 2009 for the management of AVH. Clinical characteristics were compared between patients with weekend and weekday admission, and independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality were determined by multivariate binary logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS
No demographic differences were observed between patients according to admission day or in the clinical course during hospitalization. Seventeen (23.0%) of 74 patients with weekend admission and 48 (21.8%) of 220 with weekday admission died during hospitalization (p=0.872). Univariate and subsequent multivariate analysis showed that initial presentation with hematochezia [p=0.042; hazard ratio (HR), 2.605; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.038-6.541], in-patient status at the time of bleeding (p=0.003; HR, 4.084; 95% CI, 1.598-10.435), Child-Pugh score (p<0.001; HR, 1.877; 95% CI, 1.516-2.324), and number of endoscopy sessions for complete hemostasis (p=0.001; HR, 3.864; 95% CI, 1.802-8.288) were independent predictors for in-hospital mortality.
CONCLUSION
Weekend admission did not influence in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis who presented AVH.

Keyword

Cirrhosis; endoscopy; esophageal and gastric varices; hemorrhage; mortality

MeSH Terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology/mortality/*physiopathology
Hospitalization/*statistics & numerical data
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis/*complications/mortality/*physiopathology
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Time Factors

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