Antibiotic prophylaxis in variceal hemorrhage: Timing, effectiveness and Clostridium difficile rates

Table 2 Univariate analysis for 28-d outcome following first variceal hemorrhage

Variable	Mortality at 28 d			Rebleeding at 28 d
	P value	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI
MELD	0.02	-	-	0.20	-	-
Antibiotics within 8 h (peri-endoscopy)	0.04	0.279	0.078-0.997	0.27	0.491	0.138-1.741
Hepatorenal failure	< 0.01	11.25	2.243-56.421	0.71	1.389	0.249-7.755
Sepsis	0.03	4.029	1.113-14.581	0.89	0.902	0.218-3.730

MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.