Model for end stage of liver disease (MELD) is better than the Child-Pugh score for predicting in-hospital mortality related to esophageal variceal bleeding

Model for end stage of liver disease (MELD) is better than the Child-Pugh score for predicting in-hospital mortality related to esophageal variceal bleeding

Aim: The Child Pugh and MELD are good methods for predicting mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. We investigated their performance as risk factors for failure to control bleeding, in-hospital overall mortality and death related to esophageal variceal bleeding episodes. Methods: From a...

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Main Authors: Ángel Ricardo Flores-Rendón, José Alberto González-González, Diego García-Compean, Héctor Jesús Maldonado-Garza, Aldo Azael Garza-Galindo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Variceal bleeding
MELD
Child-Pugh
failure to control bleeding
esophageal varices
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119318538

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