Would the addition of serum sodium to the meld score increase its accuracy in predicting mortality of cirrhotic patients?

Evidence-Based Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 56-58

  Biggins, S W ^b   Rodriguez, H J ^b   Baccheti, P ^b   Bass, N M ^b   Roberts, J P ^b   Terrault, N A ^b   Olsen, Sonja ^a   Brown, Robert ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 19044365670     PISSN: 15278557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ebg.0000163421.08486.b2     Document Type: Short Survey

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