Remodeling the model for end‐stage liver disease for predicting mortality risk in critically ill patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney injury
Serum creatinine measurement demonstrates a poor specificity and sensitivity for the early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with cirrhosis. The existing model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) score reveals multiple pitfalls in critically ill patients with cirrhosis and acute kidn...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2017-10-01
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Series: | Hepatology Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1076 |