Inclusion of Sarcopenia Within MELD (MELD-Sarcopenia) and the Prediction of Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis

OBJECTIVES: Limitations of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score include its failure to assess the nutritional and functional status of cirrhotic patients. Our objectives were to evaluate the impact of sarcopenia in cirrhosis and whether the inclusion of muscularity assessment within ME...

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izdano v:Clin Transl Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Montano-Loza, Aldo J, Duarte-Rojo, Andres, Meza-Junco, Judith, Baracos, Vickie E, Sawyer, Michael B, Pang, Jack X Q, Beaumont, Crystal, Esfandiari, Nina, Myers, Robert P
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816259/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26181291
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2015.31
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