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D-dimer level for predicting the in-hospital mortality in liver cirrhosis: A retrospective study
- Source :
- Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 13:285-289
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Spandidos Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- The present study aimed to examine the correlation of D-dimer levels with the Child-Pugh and MELD scores, as well as to determine the predictive ability of D-dimer level for the in-hospital mortality of liver cirrhosis patients. All cirrhotic patients who were consecutively admitted to our hospital between January 2011 and June 2014, and underwent D-dimer tests on admission were retrospectively analyzed. Pearson's χ2 tests were employed to evaluate the correlations of D-dimer levels with Child-Pugh and MELD scores. In addition, receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis was employed to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of D-dimer levels for predicting the in-hospital mortality. In total, 703 cirrhotic patients were included in the study, with an in-hospital mortality of 5.4% (38/703). The D-dimer levels were correlated with Child-Pugh (correlation coefficient, 0.219; P15 group compared with the MELD score
- Subjects :
- Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis
In hospital mortality
Receiver operating characteristic
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Articles
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Gastroenterology
Prognostic stratification
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Internal medicine
D-dimer
medicine
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
030212 general & internal medicine
Liver dysfunction
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17921015 and 17920981
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b960533c83420924cbd7a6c9a56f44ae