Recalibrating the Child–Turcotte–Pugh Score to Improve Prediction of Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis

David E. Kaplan,Feng Dai,Melissa Skanderson,Ayse Aytaman,Michelle Baytarian,Kathryn D’Addeo,Rena K. Fox,Kristel K. Hunt,Astrid Knott,Rajni Mehta,Marcos C. Pedrosa,Christine Pocha,Adriana Valderrama,Tamar H. Taddei

Recalibrating the Child–Turcotte–Pugh Score to Improve Prediction of Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis

2016

David E. Kaplan
Feng Dai
Melissa Skanderson
Ayse Aytaman
Michelle Baytarian
Kathryn D’Addeo
Rena K. Fox
Kristel K. Hunt
Astrid Knott
Rajni Mehta
Marcos C. Pedrosa
Christine Pocha
Adriana Valderrama
Tamar H. Taddei

Background The Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) score is a widely used and validated predictor of long-term survival in cirrhosis. However, the cutpoints for stratifying laboratory variables in CTP have never been validated.

Keywords:

Cirrhosis
Diabetes mellitus
Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Medicine
Pathology
Natural history
transplant free survival
child turcotte pugh score
Transplant surgery
Hepatology
Surgery
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