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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Autors principals:	Ángel Ricardo Flores-Rendón, José Alberto González-González, Diego García-Compean, Héctor Jesús Maldonado-Garza, Aldo Azael Garza-Galindo
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	Elsevier 2008-07-01
Col·lecció:	Annals of Hepatology
Matèries:	Variceal bleeding MELD Child-Pugh failure to control bleeding esophageal varices
Accés en línia:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119318538
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