Analysis of Hospitalization and Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Among Adults With Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, 2008-2018

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2222419. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22419.

Authors

Umer Farooq¹, Zahid Ijaz Tarar², Harleen Kaur Chela³, Veysel Tahan³, Ebubekir Daglilar³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Loyola Medicine/MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia.

Abstract

This cohort study examines mortality associated with variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage during an 11-year period by race and ethnicity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Esophageal and Gastric Varices*
Ethnicity*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Hospitalization
Humans