Prognostic evaluation for patients with decompensated hepatic cirrhosis

Journal of Dalian Medical University

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-70

  Jiang, Chun Meng ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Wang, Zhao Hui ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child Pugh classification; Liver cirrhosis; Model for end stage liver diseases (MELD score); Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVOR;

EID: 77953468453     PISSN: 16717295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Forman LM, Lacey MR. Predicting the prognosis of chronic liver disease: an evolution from Child to MELD Mayo Endstage liver disease [J]. Hepatology, 2001, 33:473-475.
2. Kamath PS, Wiesner RH, Malinchoc M, et al. A model to predict survival in patients with end - stage liver disease [J]. Hepatology, 2001, 33(2): 464-470.
3. Sheth M, Riggs M, Patel T. Utility of the Mayo End - Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score in assessing prognosis of patients with alcoholic hepatitis[J] BMC Gastroenterol, 2002,2: 2-6.
4. Chinese source.
5. Gitlin N. Subclinical portal - systemic encephalopathy [J]. Am J Gastroenterol, 1988, 83 (1): 8-11.
6. Javier B, Antoni R, Pere - Joan V, et al. Prognostic significance of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis [J]. J Hepatol, 1999, 30(5): 890-895.
7. John M, Coombes MD, James F, et al. Development of allocation system for deceased donor liver transplantation [J]. Clin Med Res, 2005,3(2):87-92.
8. Jalan R, Hayes PC. UK guidelines on the management of variceal haernorrhage in cirrhotic patients[J]. Gut, 2000, 46 [III]: iii1- iii15.
9. Infante Rivard C, Esnaola S, Villeneuve JP. Clinical and statistical validity of conventional prognostic factors in predicting short - term survival among cirrhosis[J]. Hepatology, 1987, 7(4):660-664.
10. Bambha KM, Biggins SW. Inequities of the Model for End - Stage Liver Disease: an examination of current components and future additions[J]. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2008,13(3):227-233.
11. Wiesner R, Edwards E, Freeman R, et al. Model for End - Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers [J]. Gastroenterology, 2003, 124 (1): 91-96.
12. Kamath PS, Kim WR. The model for end - stage liver disease (MELD) [J]. Hepatology,2007,45 (3):797-805.