Child-Turcotte-Pugh versus MELD score as a predictor of outcome after elective and emergent surgery in cirrhotic patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 580-583

  Farnsworth, Neil ^a   Fagan, Shawn P ^a   Berger, David H ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Turcotte Pugh; Cirrhosis; MELD; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544243454     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.07.034     Document Type: Article

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