Risk scoring systems to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute variceal bleeding due to HCV-induced liver cirrhosis

Risk scoring systems to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute variceal bleeding due to HCV-induced liver cirrhosis

Background: this study was designed to validate and to compare accuracy of the prognostic scores; mainly Child Turcotte Pugh (CTP), creatinine-modified Child Turcotte Pugh (CTP-Cr), MELD, albumin bilirubin score (ALBI), and AIMS65, for the predicting clinical outcomes in cirrhotic Egyptian patients...

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Main Authors: Moataz Hassanien, Maged El-Ghannam, Mohamed Darwish El-Talkawy, Yosry Abdelrahman, Gamal El Attar, Hoda Abu Taleb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Gastroenterology Insights
Subjects:
Liver Cirrhosis
Acute variceal bleeding
In hospital mortality
creatinine-modified Child
MELD
ALBI
Online Access:https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/gi/article/view/7629

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