Comparison of scoring systems and outcome of patients admitted to a liver intensive care unit of a tertiary referral centre with severe variceal bleeding
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2014Vol. 39(11), pp. 1286–1300
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M Al-Freah, A Gera, Silvia Martini, M Mcphail, J Devlin, Phillip Harrison, Debbie L. Shawcross, R.D. Abeles, Nicholas Taylor, Georg Auzinger, William Bernal, Michael A. Heneghan, Julia Wendon
Abstract
MELD score was comparable to ICU prognostic models in predicting mortality. Blood lactate was also predictive of hospital mortality. Delays in referrals and repeated endoscopy were associated with increased re-bleeding and mortality in this group.
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