MELD Score (Model For End-Stage Liver Disease) (12 and older): Online calculator
MELD Score stratifies severity of end-stage liver disease, for transplant planning. NB! MELD Score can be used in patients ≥12 years old. Values should be…
Category: Gastroenterology
The gastroenterology section of the “Global electronic database of clinical case scenarios “ClinCaseQuest”” contains information on specific issues of gastroenterology, diagnosis and treatment.
Interactive Checklist of differential diagnoses of DILI and HILI
Differential diagnoses of drug-induced and herb-induced liver disease: Checklist of differential diagnoses of DILI and HILI. This tabular listing, although not comprehensive, is to be…
RUCAM scale to estimate the probability of the drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and herb induced liver injury (HILI) online calculator
The RUCAM score (Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method) helps to assess the likelihood of drug-induced liver injury (DILI), as well as the assessment of the…
R-value for Liver Injury Online calculator
Can be used in patients with suspected drug induced liver injury (DILI) with abnormal liver chemistries. R-value= (patient’s ALT / upper limit of normal ALT…
Child-Pugh Score for Cirrhosis Mortality: online calculator
The Child-Pugh Score can be useful in the prognosis of patients with cirrhosis, but more recent scores like the MELD score and MELD-Na have become…
King’s College Criteria for Non- Acetaminophen Toxicity acute hepatic failure
Identification of patients who should be immediately referred for liver transplant. INR > 6.5 (Prothrombin time > 100 sec): Yes No Patient age <11 or…
King’s College Criteria for Acetaminophen Toxicity
Identification of patients who should be immediately referred for liver transplant. Arterial pH < 7.30: Yes No INR > 6.5 (PT > 100 sec): Yes…