Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis and in Noncirrhotic Patients

Abstract

Although epidemiologic features, clinical course, management, and prognosis of UGIB were quite different in cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients, the majority of predictive factors of mortality were the same in both patient groups. These data underline the major role of debilitated status and hepatic failure in the prognosis of UGIB in cirrhotic patients.