Value of MELD and MELD-based indices in surgical risk evaluation of cirrhotic patients: Retrospective analysis of 190 cases

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1711-1719

  Costa, Beatriz P ^a   Castro Sousa, F ^a   Serôdio, Marco ^a   Carvalho, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 68149178818     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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