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Outnumbered: Control Prothrombin Time in Maddrey’s Discriminant Function Impacts Steroid Use but Not Mortality in Alcoholic Hepatitis

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Alcoholic hepatitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Maddrey’s discriminant function has been classically used to define the severity, with scores that are greater than 32 indicating poor outcomes and consideration for treatment with steroids. In order to use this cal...

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Autores principales: Healey, Marcus, Sterling, Richard K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9775026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36552342
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11121833