Severity of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Affects Outcomes in Decompensated Cirrhotics with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Jul;111(7):1043-5. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.146.

Authors

Jennifer D Twilla^{1

2}, Satheesh P Nair^{1

3

4}, Manish Talwar^{1

3

4}, Alexander Kovalic⁴, Sanjaya K Satapathy^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
² University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
³ Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

PMID: 27356838
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.146

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / epidemiology*
Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacterial Infections / complications
Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / complications
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy / epidemiology
Hepatorenal Syndrome / epidemiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications
Liver Cirrhosis / complications
Liver Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Peritonitis / complications
Peritonitis / drug therapy*
Prognosis
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / physiopathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents