PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CHILD-TURCOTTE CRITERIA IN MEDICALLY TREATED CIRRHOSIS
PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CHILD-TURCOTTE CRITERIA IN MEDICALLY TREATED CIRRHOSIS
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DOI:
10.1002/hep.1840040313
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
TYGSTRUP, N
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作者:
CHRISTENSEN, E;SCHLICHTING, P;TYGSTRUP, N
The Child-Turcotte criteria (CTC) (based on serum bilirubin and albumin, ascites, neurological disorder and nutrition) are established prognostic factors in patients with cirrhosis having portacaval shunt surgery. The prognostic value of CTC was evaluated in conservatively treated cirrhosis. Patients (n = 245) with histologically verified cirrhosis from a control group of a controlled clinical trial were studied. Data at entry into the trial were used to classify patients according to CTC. Survival curves for up to 16 yr were made, and survival rates were compared using the log-rank test. Survival decreased significantly with increasing degree of abnormality (A .fwdarw. B .fwdarw. C) of albumin (P < 0.001), ascites (P < 0.001), bilirubin (P = 0.02) and nutritional status (P = 0.11) probably because none of the patients had hepatic coma at entry into the trial. The 5 variables in CTC were combined to a score. With increasing score, the median survival time decreased from 6.4 yr (score 5) to 2 mo. (scores 12 or more). Furthermore, the mortality from hepatic failure, gastrointestinal bleeding or hepatocellular carcinoma increased significantly with increasing score. CTC provide valuable and easily obtainable prognostic information in cirrhosis. However, CTC are inferior to a prognostic index based on multivariate analysis of prognostic factors.