Bibliographic citations
Alcantara, G., (2019). Hipoglucemia como factor pronóstico de mortalidad en pacientes con cirrosis hepática descompensada del Hospital Belén de Trujillo [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/5503
Alcantara, G., Hipoglucemia como factor pronóstico de mortalidad en pacientes con cirrosis hepática descompensada del Hospital Belén de Trujillo [Tesis]. : Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/5503
@misc{renati/378367,
title = "Hipoglucemia como factor pronóstico de mortalidad en pacientes con cirrosis hepática descompensada del Hospital Belén de Trujillo",
author = "Alcantara Diaz, Gonzalo Andres",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2019"
}
Objective: To demonstrate whether hypoglycemia is a prognostic factor of mortality in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis at Belén Hospital. Material and methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out in which 128 record sheets of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis were included, according to selection criteria which were divided into 2 groups: patients with hypoglycemia or without hypoglycemia; applying the relative risk, and the chi-square statistical test. Results: The frequency of ascites and hepatitis B virus infection was significantly higher in the group of patients with hypoglycemia compared to the group without hypoglycemia (p <0.05). The frequency of mortality in cirrhotic patients with hypoglycemia was 28%. The frequency of mortality in cirrhotic patients without hypoglycemia was 13%. Hypoglycemia is a prognostic factor of mortality in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis with a relative risk of 2.25 which was significant (p <0.05). Conclusion: Hypoglycemia is a prognostic factor of mortality in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis at Belén Hospital.
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