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Systematic review: the model for end‐stage liver disease – should it replace Child‐Pugh's classification for assessing prognosis in cirrhosis?

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2005 · Vol. 22(11-12) · pp. 1079–1089

Εvangelos Cholongitas✉(University College London)George Papatheodoridis(The Royal Free Hospital)Marcello Vangeli(University College London)N. Terreni(University College London)David Patch(The Royal Free Hospital)Andrew K. Burroughs(The Royal Free Hospital)

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Abstract

Based on current literature, model for end-stage liver disease score does not perform better than Child-Turcotte-Pugh score in non-transplant settings. Modified Child-Turcotte-Pugh and model for end-stage liver disease scores need further evaluation.

Liver Disease and Transplantation Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicineModel for End-Stage Liver DiseaseLiver diseaseLiver transplantationCirrhosisInternal medicineGastroenterologyAscitesTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntHepatic encephalopathy

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AscitesEsophageal and Gastric VaricesGastrointestinal HemorrhageHepatic EncephalopathyHumansLiver CirrhosisPrognosisSeverity of Illness IndexLiver Failure

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The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)