2021
The MELD Score Is Superior to the Maddrey Discriminant Function Score to Predict Short-Term Mortality in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A Global Study
Morales-Arráez D, Ventura-Cots M, Altamirano J, Abraldes J, Cruz-Lemini M, Thursz M, Atkinson S, Sarin S, Kim W, Chavez-Araujo R, la Tijera M, Singal A, Shah V, Kamath P, Duarte-Rojo A, Charles E, Vargas V, Jager M, Rautou P, Rincon D, Zamarripa F, Restrepo-Gutiérrez J, Torre A, Lucey M, Arab J, Mathurin P, Louvet A, García-Tsao G, González J, Verna E, Brown R, Argemi J, Fernández-Carrillo C, Clemente A, Alvarado-Tapias E, Forrest E, Allison M, Bataller R. The MELD Score Is Superior to the Maddrey Discriminant Function Score to Predict Short-Term Mortality in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A Global Study. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2021, 117: 301-310. PMID: 34962498, PMCID: PMC8999152, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-associated hepatitisMaddrey's discriminant functionShort-term mortalityMELD scoreMELD-sodiumEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreGlasgow alcoholic hepatitis scoreMaddrey Discriminant Function scoreAlcohol‐Associated HepatitisMedian MELD scoreLiver Disease scoreInternational normalized ratioCharacteristic curveMDF scoreCause mortalityPrimary outcomeTertiary centerLaboratory variablesCreatinine scoreNormalized ratioFunction scoresDisease scoreMortality predictionMortalityOutcome prediction
1994
A Comparative Clinical Study of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension, Extrahepatic Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Cirrhosis
Orozco H, Takahashi T, Garcia-Tsao G, Mercado M, Prado E, Nava R. A Comparative Clinical Study of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension, Extrahepatic Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Cirrhosis. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 1994, 19: 217-221. PMID: 7806833, DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199410000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrahepatic portal vein thrombosisIdiopathic portal hypertensionPortal vein thrombosisLiver cirrhosisPortal hypertensionVein thrombosisClinical featuresLC patientsComparative clinical studySeparate clinical entityLiver failureLaboratory variablesClinical entityRetrospective studyClinical studiesPatientsStatistical differenceHypertensionCirrhosisThrombosisHigher proportionSurvivalSimilar distributionGroup