Open AccessMELDvsChild-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh score for predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
Author(s) -
George V. Papatheodoridis,
Εvangelos Cholongitas,
Eleni Dimitriadou,
Giota Touloumi,
Vassilios Sevastianos,
Athanasios Archimandritis
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3099
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , creatinine , gastroenterology , model for end stage liver disease , receiver operating characteristic , cohort , survival analysis , liver disease , proportional hazards model , liver transplantation , transplantation
Model of End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has recently gained wide acceptance over the old Child-Pugh score in predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis, although it is more sophisticated. We compared the predictive values of MELD, Child-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh scores in decompensated cirrhosis.