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8056410

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
We designed this study to estimate the degree of liver cirrhosis using clinical parameters and surgically resected specimens. One hundred and twenty-nine cases who underwent hepatic resection in the Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University Hospital during the period between April 1985 and July 1991 for whom data for all 29 variables evaluated were available, were admitted to this study. On the basis of the histological findings of fibrosis of the liver, the non-neoplastic part of the resected specimens were classified into 3 groups; Z0, no cirrhosis (n = 63), Z1, mild cirrhosis (n = 38), and Z2, severe cirrhosis (n = 28). A univariate analysis revealed 14 significant variables. After multiple logistic regression analysis of these, five independent variables (low platelet count, female, low value of hepaplastin test, a high Pugh's score and a high value of ICG) were identified. We obtained a fibrosis score using the coefficient of each above-mentioned variable. This score increased the discriminative power. The fibrosis score is therefore considered useful for estimating the severity of liver cirrhosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0172-6390
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimation of degree of liver cirrhosis using a fibrosis score; a multivariate analysis of clinical parameters and resected specimens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article