Serum sodium based modification of the MELD does not improve prediction of outcome in acute liver failure

BACKGROUND: Acute liver failure (ALF) is a devastating clinical syndrome with a high mortality rate. The MELD score has been implied as a prognostic tool in ALF. Hyponatremia is associated with lethal outcome in ALF. Inclusion of serum sodium (Na) into the MELD score was found to improve its predict...

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Autores principales: Manka, Paul, Bechmann, Lars P, Tacke, Frank, Sowa, Jan-Peter, Schlattjan, Martin, Kälsch, Julia, Jochum, Christoph, Paul, Andreas, Saner, Fuat H, Trautwein, Christian, Gerken, Guido, Canbay, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23551795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-13-58

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23551795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-13-58

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