Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	52666
Country	United States

Received	2020-01-06 21:30
Peer-Review Started	2020-01-06 21:30
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2020-03-15 02:56
Revised	2020-04-10 16:27
Second Decision	2020-05-13 08:44
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2020-05-14 21:56
Articles in Press	2020-05-14 21:56
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2020-06-02 01:37
Publish the Manuscript Online	2020-06-28 07:49

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Hospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Pavan Patel, Laura Rotundo, Evan Orosz, Faiz Afridi and Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Pavan Patel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-4939 Laura Rotundo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-3682 Evan Orosz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-5501 Faiz Afridi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0172-0486 Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6950-8174
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, FACP, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, 185 S. Orange Avenue, MSB H-535, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, United States. pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu
Key Words	Variceal bleeding; Teaching hospital; Mortality; National Inpatient Sample; Length of stay; Bleeding; Cirrhosis
Core Tip	This study assesses the outcomes of patients that present to the hospital with variceal bleeding amongst teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Patients that were managed at teaching facilities had higher mortality, length of stay and cost of hospitalization when compared to those at non-teaching facilities.
Publish Date	2020-06-28 07:49
Citation	Patel P, Rotundo L, Afridi F, Orosz E, Pyrosopoulos N. Hospital teaching status on the outcomes of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(6): 288-297
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v12/i6/288.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v12.i6.288

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