The course of patients after variceal hemorrhage
David Y. Graham,J L Smith +1 more
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It is proposed that any substantial improvement in long-term survival must improve survival for the early period, and patients should be matched for hepatic functional reserve and identical zero time for calculating survival must be used.About:
This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 1981-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 880 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Survival rate & Survival analysis.read more
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A model to predict survival in patients with end‐stage liver disease
Patrick S. Kamath,Russell H. Wiesner,Michael Malinchoc,Walter K. Kremers,Terry M. Therneau,Catherine L. Kosberg,Gennaro D'Amico,E. Rolland Dickson,M.B.A. W. Ray Kim M.D. +8 more
TL;DR: The MELD scale is a reliable measure of mortality risk in patients with end‐stage liver disease and suitable for use as a disease severity index to determine organ allocation priorities in patient groups with a broader range of disease severity and etiology.
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The treatment of portal hypertension: A meta-analytic review
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Predictors of morbidity and mortality after the first episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhosis
TL;DR: The first episode of GI bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and Renal failure, rebleeding, hepatocellular carcinoma, and hepatic encephalopathy were independent risk factors for early death.
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MELD and PELD: Application of survival models to liver allocation
Russell H. Wiesner,Sue V. McDiarmid,Patrick S. Kamath,E. B. Edwards,Michael Malinchoc,Walter K. Kremers,Ruud A.F. Krom,W. Ray Kim +7 more
TL;DR: A number of guidelines were established for creating an index of disease severity to estimate survival in patients with chronic liver disease and it was determined that such a disease severity index should rely on a few, readily available, objective variables that would be generally applicable to a heterogeneous group of patients with end-stage liver disease.
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Upper digestive bleeding in cirrhosis. Post-therapeutic outcome and prognostic indicators.
TL;DR: In conclusion, prognosis of digestive bleeding in cirrhosis has much improved over the past 2 decades and accurate predictive rules are provided for early recognition of high‐risk patients.
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A controlled study of the therapeutic portacaval shunt.
TL;DR: No substantial differences were observed with regard to bleeding, encephalopathy, or hepatic function, although the side-side shunt provided better control of ascites, and published data do not exclude the possibility that a therapeutic portacaval shunt may allow longer survival for the patient with a single major variceal hemorrhage.