Adrenal insufficiency predicts early mortality in patients with cirrhosis

Romesh Chawlani, Anil Arora, Piyush Ranjan, Praveen Sharma, Pankaj Tyagi, Naresh Bansal, Vikas Singla, Veronica Arora, Hardik Kotecha, Vijendra Kirnake,

United European Gastroenterology Journal · 2014 · 11 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

AI is present in more than half of cirrhotic patients but does not parallel the severity scores of cirrhosis. Its presence predicts early mortality in these patients, and this prediction is independent of CTP or MELD scores.

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