Retrospective Study About Primary Biliary Cholangitis During January 2001 to July 2016 at West China Hospital

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Overview

Retrospective study of all patients diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis during January 2001 to July 2016 at West China Hospital by review of medical records. The following variables will be retrospectively studied: age, sex, first symptoms, clinical characteristics, pathology, treatment, stage, complications of cirrhosis, other autoimmune diseases and long-term outcome.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

769

Conditions

Cholangitis Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary Cholestasis Liver Diseases Liver Cirrhosis Bile Duct Diseases

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Newly diagnosis of PBC at West China Hospital during January 2001 to July 2016. Exclusion Criteria: * Simultaneously diagnosed of autoimmune hepatitis or primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Description of demographics, management patterns (clinical and diagnostic), comorbidities of PBC patients at diagnosis during the past 16 years.

Time frame: Up to 16 years.

Secondary Outcomes

Evaluation of adverse outcome free survival of the PBC cohort during the 16 years.