Novel Scoring System Emerges for Alcoholic Hepatitis Mortality
Higher accuracy in predicting imminent death can better inform treatment options and transplant decisions, the prognostic model’s creators say.
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Higher accuracy in predicting imminent death can better inform treatment options and transplant decisions, the prognostic model’s creators say.
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new scoring system can help identify individuals with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) who are at high risk for short-term mortality, according to a
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new scoring system to help health care professionals predict the 30-day mortality risk for patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis, and the tool appears to more accurately identify patients at highest risk of death and those likely to survive.
New model from the Mayo Clinic holds up, but doesn't topple MELD scoring
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