Survival prediction among patients with non-cancer-related end-stage liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predicting the survival of non-cancer related end-stage-liver-disease patients in general practice has been difficult for physicians because of the extremely variable trajectories due to multiple complex clinical factors, hence it remains a challenging issue to date. This study aimed to develop and validate a specific prognostic scoring system to early recognize the prognosis and improve the quality of end-of life care for non-cancer end-stage-liver-disease population.

Materials and methods

A multicentre, retrospective cohort study was conducted during January 2010 ~ December 2012 and continued follow-up until December 2014. A cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to derive and validate an optimized model. The main outcome measures were the 28-day,

SUBMITTER: Tsai YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6150508 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature