MELD era: Is this time to replace the original child-pugh score in patients with decompensated cirrhosis of liver

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 432-435

  Shaikh, Samiullah ^a   Ghani, Hanif ^a   Memon, Sadik ^b   Baloch, Ghulam Hussain ^a   Jaffery, Mukhtiar ^a   Shaikh, Khalid ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b ISRA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child pugh score; Cirrhosis; MELD

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL OF END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 77955914556     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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