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ArticleHepatology communications2017

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt does not independently increase risk of death in high model for end stage liver disease patients.

Erin K Spengler, Lawrence G Hunsicker, Sanam Zarei, M Bridget Zimmerman, Michael D Voigt

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: An Update.Interventional radiology (Higashimatsuyama-shi (Japan) · 2024
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  3. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erin K SpenglerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City IA.
Lawrence G HunsickerDivision of Nephrology Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City IA.
Sanam ZareiCarver College of Medicine The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City IA.
M Bridget ZimmermanDepartment of Biostatistics The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City IA.
Michael D VoigtDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City IA.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physicians often exclude patients with a model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score ≥ 18 from a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure due to the concern for higher risk of death. We aimed to determine if TIPS increased the risk of death in these patients. We analyzed the interaction between TIPS and MELD in 106 patients with TIPS and 79 with intractable ascites without TIPS. We performed Cox proportional hazard regression, including both TIPS and MELD as time-dependent covariates together with their interaction, to calculate the impact of TIPS on the risk of death associated with a high MELD score. We found a negative interaction between a high MELD score and a history of TIPS, with potentially important effect sizes. Patients with MELD scores ≥18 had a 51% lower incremental risk of death (lower risk than would be expected from the combined independent risks of MELD and needing/receiving TIPS) associated with TIPS than patients with MELD scores <18 (hazard ratio for TIPS, 0.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.10-2.45) in the first 6 months following TIPS. There was an 80% lower incremental risk of death among patients with a MELD score ≥18 (hazard ratio for TIPS, 0.20; 95% confidence interval, 0.03-1.23) 6 months after the TIPS procedure.

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PMID29404473
PMCPMC5721420
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