Nomogram for Estimation of Acute Liver Failure Risk in Spontaneous Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Zhi-Hao Zhao, Chao Jiang, Qing-Yuan Wu, Guo-Yue Lv, Meng Wang · 2023
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Description
Zhi-Hao Zhao and colleagues published a risk prediction study in 2023. They studied ruptured liver cancer, a dangerous emergency. The tumor bursts and bleeds inside the abdomen. Acute liver failure can follow and kill quickly. Predicting who will develop failure guides urgent care. Records came from nearly three hundred patients over a decade. The team built a visual scoring tool, a nomogram. Tumor size and blood tests fed the model. Standard liver scores were used for comparison.
About one in five patients developed liver failure. Four factors drove the new risk model. They were tumor size, platelets, clotting time, and a marker. The nomogram predicted failure with high accuracy overall. It beat all three standard comparison scores clearly. Calibration checks showed predicted risks matched reality well. Clinicians could triage ruptured cases more confidently.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhi-Hao Zhao, Chao Jiang, Qing-Yuan Wu, Guo-Yue Lv, Meng Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |