Cirrhosis
Severity scores, portal hypertension rules, images and patient information for cirrhosis and its complications.
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Scores and calculators
Child-Pugh score
Severity of chronic liver disease from five clinical and laboratory parameters.
MELD-Na score
Severity of end-stage liver disease from bilirubin, creatinine, INR and sodium.
MELD 3.0
The updated MELD score adding sex and albumin, used for US liver allocation since 2023.
UKELD score
United Kingdom model for end-stage liver disease, used for listing for liver transplant in the UK.
Baveno VIII rules
cACLD, clinically significant portal hypertension (with ANTICIPATE models), carvedilol and screening endoscopy from liver stiffness, platelets and spleen stiffness.
ALBI grade
Albumin-bilirubin score and grade for liver function, used in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
Whether ascites is due to portal hypertension, with the ascitic protein and neutrophil count.
West Haven criteria
Grading of hepatic encephalopathy, with covert and overt classification.
CLIF-C scores
CLIF-C organ failure score and ACLF grade, with the CLIF-C ACLF or CLIF-C AD prognostic score.
CLIF-SOFA score
Chronic liver failure SOFA score across six organ systems, with organ failures and the ACLF grade.
VOCAL-Penn score
Predicted mortality and decompensation after surgery in cirrhosis.
Images to show a patient
Patient information
- Advanced Liver Disease (GESA)opens in a new tab
- Reduced Salt Diet (GESA)opens in a new tab