Nine scoring models for short-term mortality in alcoholic hepatitis: Cross-validation in a biopsy-proven cohort

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 721-732

  Papastergiou, V ^a   Tsochatzis, E A ^a   Pieri, G ^a   Thalassinos, E ^a   Dhar, A ^a   Bruno, S ^b   Karatapanis, S ^a   Luong, T V ^b   O'Beirne, J ^a   Patch, D ^a   Thorburn, D ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UCL Medical School Royal Free Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CREATININE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; UREA; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGE,BILIRUBIN,INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO,CREATININE SCORE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY CHANGE IN BILIRUBIN LEVEL; FEMALE; GLASGOW ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS SCORE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER BIOPSY; MADDREY DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE INCLUDING SODIUM; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84903362259     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12654     Document Type: Article

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