[Selection of patients with parenchymal cirrhosis for hepatic transplantation].

Abstract

The aim of our study was to design simple and practical quantitative scores or indices suitable for deciding a pre-liver transplantation work-up in patients with parenchymal cirrhosis. A Pugh score (combining five variables) superior to 8 or a p value inferior to 0.7 of a logistic regression equation containing only two variables (score of ascites and result of 14C aminopyrine breath test) were found to be highly effective for making this decision.

• Authors: M Salamé, N Bourgeois, J Van de Stadt, J J Houben, M Gelin, M Adler
• Journal: Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica (Acta Gastroenterol Belg) 1990 Mar-Apr Vol. 53 Issue 2 Pg. 261-6 ISSN: 1784-3227 [Print] Belgium
• Vernacular Title: Sélection de patients en vue d'une transplantation hépatique pour cirrhose parenchymateuse.
• PMID: 2267906 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Carbon Radioisotopes
• Aminopyrine

Topics

• Aminopyrine
• Ascites (diagnostic imaging)
• Breath Tests
• Carbon Radioisotopes
• Humans
• Liver Cirrhosis (diagnosis, surgery)
• Liver Transplantation
• Regression Analysis
• Ultrasonography