Role of Oral Health, Frailty, and Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in the Risk of Hospitalization : A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort of Outpatients With Cirrhosis

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hospitalizations are a sentinel event in cirrhosis; however, the changing demographics in patients with cirrhosis require updated hospitalization prediction models. Periodontitis is a risk factor for liver disease and potentially progression. The aim of this study was to determine factors, including poor oral health, associated with 3-month hospitalizations in a multi-center cohort of outpatients with cirrhosis.

METHODS: North American Consortium for Study of End-stage Liver Disease (NACSELD-3), a new study cohort, recruits outpatients with cirrhosis. Cirrhosis details, demographics, minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE), frailty, and comorbid conditions including oral health were collected. All patients were followed for 3 months for nonelective hospitalizations. Multi-variable models were created for this outcome using demographics, cirrhosis details, oral health, MHE, frailty, and comorbid conditions with K-fold internal validation using 25%/75% split.

RESULTS: A total of 442 outpatients (70% men; 37% compensated; Model for End-stage Liver Disease-Sodium, 12; 42% ascites; and 33% prior HE) were included. MHE was found in 70%, frailty in 10%; and both in 8%. In terms of oral health, 15% were edentulous and 10% had prior periodontitis. Regarding 3-month hospitalizations, 14% were admitted for mostly liver-related reasons. These patients were more likely to be decompensated with higher cirrhosis complications, MHE, frailty and periodontitis history. Multi-variable analysis showed prior periodontitis (P = .026), composite MHE + frailty score (P = .0016), ascites (P = .004), prior HE (P = .008), and hydrothorax (P = .004) were associated with admissions using the training and validation subsets.

CONCLUSIONS: In a contemporaneous, prospective, multi-center cohort study in outpatients with cirrhosis, poor oral health is significantly associated with 3-month hospitalizations independent of portal hypertensive complications, MHE, and frailty. Potential strategies to reduce hospitalizations should consider oral evaluation in addition to MHE and frailty assessment in practice pathways.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 21(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 1864-1872.e2

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bajaj, Jasmohan S [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Jennifer C [VerfasserIn]
Tandon, Puneeta [VerfasserIn]
O'Leary, Jacqueline G [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe [VerfasserIn]
Vargas, Hugo E [VerfasserIn]
Kamath, Patrick S [VerfasserIn]
Biggins, Scott W [VerfasserIn]
Limon-Miro, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Shaw, Jawaid [VerfasserIn]
Mbachi, Chimezie [VerfasserIn]
Chew, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Golob Deeb, Janina [VerfasserIn]
Thacker, Leroy R [VerfasserIn]
Reddy, K Rajender [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Eradicated Hepatitis C
Frailty
Journal Article
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
North American Consortium for Study of End-stage Liver Disease
Periodontitis

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Date Completed 26.06.2023

Date Revised 26.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cgh.2022.10.023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348422342