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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease With Additional Criteria to Predict Short-Term Mortality in Severe Flares of Chronic Hepatitis B.

James FungLoey Lung-Yi MakAlbert Chi-Yan ChanKenneth Siu-Ho ChokTiffany Cho-Lam WongTan-To CheungWing-Chiu DaiSui-Ling SinWong-Hoi SheKa-Wing MaWai Kay SetoChing-Lung LaiChung-Mau LoMan-Fung Yuen
Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2020)
MELD score at any time points can accurately predict the short-term mortality. Patients with MELD ≥ 28 should be worked up for liver transplantation, and those with MELD = 28-32 with three to four at-risk criteria, or MELD ≥ 32 should be listed.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • early onset
  • cardiovascular disease