Sex specificity of kidney markers to assess prognosis in cirrhotic patients with TIPS.
Maria TornerAdjmal MangalHubert ScharnaglChristian JansenMichael PraktiknjoAlexander QueckWenyi GuRobert SchierwagenJennifer LehmannFrank E UschnerChristiana GrafChristian P StrassburgJavier FernandezTatjana StojakovicRainer WoitasJonel TrebickaPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
This study demonstrates for the first time that in TIPS-patients creatinine predicts mortality in males better than in females, whereas CysC is a better predictor of mortality in females. These results may influence future clinical decisions on therapeutic options for example, allocation for liver transplantation in TIPS-patients.