Risk factors, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Model for End‐stage Liver Disease scores for predicting short term mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive care unit

Abstract

Cirrhotics admitted to ICU with > or =3 failing organ systems have 90% mortality. The Royal Free model discriminated well and contained key variables of organ function. SOFA and MELD were better predictors than APACHE II or Child-Pugh scores.