Predicting clinical decompensation in patients with cirrhosis using the Hepquant-SHUNT test.

Mohammad Amin FallahzadehDaniel J HansenJames F TrotterGregory T EversonGiovanna SaracinoRobert S RahimiSteve HelmkeJodi BoutteSumeet K Asrani

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2021)

The SHUNT test is a novel, noninvasive test that predicts risk of decompensation in previously compensated patients. DSI ≥24 is independently associated with risk for clinical decompensation, liver transplantation, death and hospitalisation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
pulmonary artery
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
pulmonary hypertension