Emergency Elective Total %
No.of patients 182 185 367  
Median age (range,yr) 60(19-83) 60(29-87) 60(19-87)  
Male/female 139/43 116/69 255/112 69.5%/30.5%
Etiology of PHT Cirrhosis 173 177 350 95.40%
Hepatitis B virus 12 26 38 10.40%
Hepatitis C virus 91 93 184 50.10%
Alcohol abuse 23 21 44 12.00%
PBC 3 12 15 4.10%
Unknown origin 44 25 69 18.80%
IPH 9 8 17 4.60%
Child-Pugh classification
(A/B/C)
30/48/104 62/73/50 92/121/154 25%/33%/42%
HCC Present 57 41 98 26.70%
Absent 125 144 269 73.30%
Table 1: Demographic variables of the patients included in this investigation; PHT=Portal hypertension; PBC=primary biliary cirrhosis; IPH=idiopathic portal hypertension.