Alcoholic Hepatitis
Study Data from B.E. Vaa and Colleagues Update Understanding of Alcoholic Hepatitis
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 14th, 2011
2011 MAR 14 -- In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To compare the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) with the modified model including sodium (MELDNa) for predicting 180-day mortality in patients with alcoholic hepatitis (AH) and determine the subset in whom serum sodium may enhance 180-day mortality prediction. We examined 26 patients with AH enrolled in a prospective trial between June 1, 2004, and June 30, 2007, at Mayo Clinic."
"Logistic regression analysis was done to assess the effect of MELD and MELDNa scores on 180-day mortality. The C statistic was derived to compare MELD with MELDNa in patients with and...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2011-03-14)
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