Review article: scoring systems for assessing prognosis in critically ill adult cirrhotics

Cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) still have poor outcomes. Some current ICU prognostic models [Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE), Organ System Failure (OSF) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)] were used to stratify cirrhotics into risk categories, but few cirrhotics were included in the original model development. Liver‐specific scores [Child‐Turcotte‐Pugh (CTP) and model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD)] could be useful in this setting.

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