title: Prognosis and Prognostic Scoring Models for Alcoholic Liver Disease and Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
abstract: Multiple prognostic scoring systems have been developed to predict mortality from acute alcoholic hepatitis. Some systems, such as the modified discriminant function, are specific to alcoholic hepatitis. Others, such as the model for end-stage liver disease, apply to a broad range of liver diseases. Prognostic factors are better at predicting patients who are likely to survive rather than die of this condition at 30 and 90 days. This important shortcoming may be improved by combining scores for better prediction accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Liver Center of Excellence, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, WRN5066, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106, USA. Electronic address: Pierre.Gholam@case.edu.
authors.forename: Pierre M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gholam
mesh_terms: D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: ABIC; Discriminant function; GAHS; MELD; Maddrey score