Child-pugh versus MELD score for predicting the in-hospital mortality of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhosis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 751-757

  Peng, Ying ^a   Qi, Xing Shun ^a   Dai, Junna ^a   Li, Hongyu ^a   Guo, Xiao Zhong ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Child Pugh; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Liver cirrhosis; MELD; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 84923008644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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