SERUM BILIRUBIN - PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS
SERUM BILIRUBIN - PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS
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DOI:
10.1136/gut.20.2.137
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
24.5
通讯作者:
SCHAFFNER, F
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作者:
SHAPIRO, JM;SMITH, H;SCHAFFNER, F
Patients [55] with proven primary biliary cirrhosis were followed for several yr or until death. A graph of the level of serum bilirubin vs. time that was constructed for each patient shows an initial stable period of variable length in which the serum bilirubin level remained constant. This was followed by a period of rapid rise in serum bilirubin which culminated in the patient''s death. Whenever 2 successive serum bilirubin values taken 6 mo. apart exceeded 34 .mu.mol/l (2.0 mg/dl) the patient had entered a late phase of disease and lived an average of 40 mo. Confidence limits [95%] on survival time were 32-74 mo. If 2 successive 6 mo. bilirubin values exceeded 102 .mu.mol/l (6.0 mg/dl), calculated survival time was 25 mo. and if 2 successive 6 mo. bilirubin values exceeded 170 .mu.mol/l (10.0 mg/dl), survival time was 17 mo. Of the 41 living patients, 15 had 2 consecutive serum bilirubin levels > 34 .mu.mol/l (2.0 mg/dl). The slope of the rising bilirubin in the living patients is only 25 .mu.mol/l per yr (1.5 mg/dl per yr) compared with 42 .mu.mol/l per yr (2.5 mg/dl per yr) in the dead patients. Patients with this disease now may be living considerably longer.