Life-threatening hemorrhage of the digestive tract in cirrhotic patients. An assessment of the postoperative mortality after emergency portacaval shunt.

Acute Disease Adult Aged Alcoholism/complications Chronic Disease Emergencies Female Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/complications,mortality,surgery Gastroscopy/mortality Hepatic Encephalopathy/etiology,mortality Humans Liver Cirrhosis/complications,mortality,surgery Male Middle Aged Portacaval Shunt, Surgical/mortality Prognosis