Laboratory tests, clinical diagnosis and definitions
bleeding, hepatitis B cirrhosis
BLEEDING, BACTERIAL INFECTION, VARICES
The baseline variables of patients, including age, sex, and clinical data, were collected. All included patients were subject to routine laboratory tests at admission, including routine blood tests, liver function, renal function, electrolytes, blood lipids, coagulation function, the use of diuretics, esophageal-gastro varices bleeding (EGVB) and bacterial infection. The routine blood examination indexes were white blood cells, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelets; the liver function indexes were albumin, globulin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and total bilirubin; the renal function indexes were urea and creatinine; the electrolyte index was serum sodium concentration; and the coagulation function indexes were prothrombin time, international standardized ratio and activated partial thromboplastin time. The diagnosis of hepatitis B cirrhosis meet the following criteria (1) and (2) or (1) and (3) [