Meeting
Abstract Number: 117
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a life-threatening infection in patients with cirrhosis. Depending on the clinical setting, the prevalence and mortality rates of SBP in cirrhosis range between 1.5-30% and 10-46%, respectively. The purpose of this study was to assess the yearly trend in SBP prevalence, length of stay and mortality among hospitalized cirrhosis […]