Bacteremia in patients with liver disease admitted for UGI bleeding Infections and Infestations
Conditions
Interventions
All patients were screened using endoscopy.
Outpatients for vacricela therapy to undergo: banding or sclerotherapy.
Patients with upper GI bleeding were randomised to:
Sponsors
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (USA)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with liver disease admitted for UGI bleeding or for outpatient elective variceal therapy with previous EVS and EVL at Thomason General Hospital in El Paso, Texas, from July 1995 to April 1997
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients were excluded if they had received any antibiotics in the last 2 weeks before inclusion in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Blood cultures were drawn via separate venous punctures of the forearm before endoscopy (BCX1), at 5 minutes (BCX2), and 30 minutes (BCX3) after the endoscopy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Continuous data were described using mean and standard deviation (SD) while categorical data were described frequency and proportion. Baseline characteristics were compared among groups. Continuous data were compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), while categorical data were compared using Fisher?s exact test. | — |
Countries
United States of America
Outcome results
None listed