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• TITLE: Prognostic Factors for Cirrhosis Hospital in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

  AUTHORS: Mamert Fulgence Yao Bathaix, Akelesso Bagny, Kouamé Alassane Mahassadi, Anassé Jean-Baptiste Okon, Ya Henriette Kissi-Anzouan, Stanislas Doffou, Aboubacar Demba Bangoura, Hatrydt Dimitri Kouamé, Kadiatou Diallo, Antonin N’Dam, Aoudi Ousman De, Koffi Alain Attia, Aya Thérèse N’dri Yoman

  KEYWORDS: Cirrhosis, Portal Hypertension, Child-Pugh, Encephalopathy, Prognostic, Côte d’Ivoire

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.5 No.7, July 23, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Cirrhosis is the cause of a high rate of death in hospitals. The aim of this research was to estimate the incidence of mortality and identify the risk factors associated with cirrhosis patients in hospital in Cote d’Ivoire. Methodology: It is a retrospective study covering from January 1st, 2002 to December 31st, 2011 at Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yopougon in Abidjan. We concerned the cirrhosis patients that have been followed at the hepatology and gastroenterology department. Survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier curve and comparison of survival curves by the log-rank test. The multi-varied analysis of the survivals has been achieved with the Cox proportional Hazard regression. A p value