MELD scores with incorporation of serum sodium and death prediction in cirrhotic patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation: A single center experience in southern brazil

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Marroni, Caroline Possa ^a   De Mello Brandao, Ajacio Bandeira ^a,b   Hennigen, Alexandre Wahl ^a   Marroni, Claudio ^a,b   Zanotelli, Maria Lúcia ^b   Cantisani, Guido ^b   Fuchs, Sandra Costa ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Liver Transplantation Group   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Model for end stage liver disease; Prognostic scores; Serum sodium

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELD SCORE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864916134     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01688.x     Document Type: Article

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