Prognostic benefit of the addition of a quantitative index of hepatic encephalopathy to the MELD score: The MELD-EEG

Liver International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-64

  Montagnese, Sara ^a   De Rui, Michele ^a   Schiff, Sami ^a   Ceranto, Elena ^a   Valenti, Pietro ^a,c   Angeli, Paolo ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^b   Zanus, Giacomo ^b   Gatta, Angelo ^a   Amodio, Piero ^a   Merkel, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Electroencephalogram; Hepatic encephalopathy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN DOMINANT FREQUENCY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84921032075     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12490     Document Type: Article

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