Inclusion of Sarcopenia Within MELD (MELD-Sarcopenia) and the Prediction of Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis

OBJECTIVES: Limitations of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score include its failure to assess the nutritional and functional status of cirrhotic patients. Our objectives were to evaluate the impact of sarcopenia in cirrhosis and whether the inclusion of muscularity assessment within ME...

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Autores principales: Montano-Loza, Aldo J, Duarte-Rojo, Andres, Meza-Junco, Judith, Baracos, Vickie E, Sawyer, Michael B, Pang, Jack X Q, Beaumont, Crystal, Esfandiari, Nina, Myers, Robert P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26181291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2015.31

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26181291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2015.31

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