Development and validation of a scoring system for in‐hospital mortality following band ligation in esophageal variceal bleeding

• Published in: Digestive endoscopy Vol. 36; no. 10; pp. 1105 - 1114
• Main Authors: Ichita, Chikamasa, Goto, Tadahiro, Okada, Yohei, Uojima, Haruki, Iwagami, Masao, Sasaki, Akiko, Shimizu, Sayuri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Aged; endoscopic variceal ligation; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - mortality; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - surgery; esophageal varices; Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - mortality; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery; Hospital Mortality; Humans; in‐hospital mortality; Japan; Ligation - methods; Male; Middle Aged; predictive model; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Japan; endoscopic variceal ligation; in‐hospital mortality; esophageal varices; predictive model

Objectives We aimed to develop and validate a simple scoring system to predict in‐hospital mortality after endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) for esophageal variceal bleeding. Methods Data from a 13‐year study involving 46 Japanese institutions were split into development (initial 7 years) and valid...