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

Background and aims: In alcoholic hepatitis (AH), increases in the total bilirubin (TB) and the prothrombin time (PT), which are included in the Maddrey’s discriminant function (MDF) and the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), are associated with poor outcomes. However, the impact of which con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Jg. 11; H. 12; S. 1833
Hauptverfasser:	Healey, Marcus, Sterling, Richard K.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Switzerland MDPI AG 16.12.2022 MDPI
Schlagworte:	alcoholic hepatitis alcoholic hepatitis (AH) Alcoholism Ascites Bilirubin Contraindications Creatinine Electronic medical records Hepatitis Hospitalization Laboratories Liver Liver diseases Maddrey’s discriminant function (MDF) Medical prognosis model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) Morbidity Mortality patient care Patients Prothrombin prothrombin time (PT) Steroid hormones Steroids Survival White people United States > US steroids Maddrey’s discriminant function (MDF) model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) prothrombin time (PT) alcoholic hepatitis (AH)
ISSN:	2079-7737, 2079-7737
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