Open AccessModel for end-stage liver disease-Na score or Maddrey discrimination function index, which score is best?
Author(s) -
Mercedes Amieva-Balmori,
Scherezada María Isabel Mejia-Loza,
Roberto Ramos-González,
Felipe Zamarripa-Dorsey,
Eli García-Ruiz,
N. Pérez y López,
Eumir I Juárez-Valdés,
Adriana López-Luria,
José María Remes-Troche
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v7.i17.2119
Subject(s) - medicine , ascites , model for end stage liver disease , gastroenterology , receiver operating characteristic , liver disease , univariate analysis , area under the curve , alcoholic hepatitis , hepatic encephalopathy , stage (stratigraphy) , mortality rate , alcoholic liver disease , surgery , multivariate analysis , cirrhosis , liver transplantation , paleontology , biology , transplantation
To compare the ability of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)-Na and Maddrey discrimination function index (DFI) to predict mortality at 30 and 90 d in patients with alcoholic hepatitis (AH).