Helicobacter pylori Infection and Complications of Cirrhosis.

Authors

Shefali Amin
Biraj Shrestha MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Ameya Deshmukh
Manish Shrestha
Parth Desai
John Altomare

Publication/Presentation Date

2-1-2024

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database, a part of the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project, was utilized for this study. Inpatient data from the years 2016 through 2019 were extracted for patients with a primary discharge diagnosis of cirrhosis and a concurrent diagnosis of

RESULTS: Over the years 2016 to 2019, 416,410 patients received a primary discharge diagnosis of cirrhosis. Among them, 990 patients (0.2%) had a secondary diagnosis of

CONCLUSION: While patients in this study were diagnosed with both

Volume

16

Issue

2

First Page

54419

Last Page

54419

ISSN

2168-8184

Published In/Presented At

Amin, S., Shrestha, B., Deshmukh, A., Shrestha, M., Desai, P., & Altomare, J. (2024). Helicobacter pylori Infection and Complications of Cirrhosis. Cureus, 16(2), e54419. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.54419

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

38510853

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents, Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article