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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2025

Correlations of three scoring systems with the prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis complicated with sepsis syndrome.

Li-Nan Liu, Yu-Fei Chang, Hui Wang

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Li-Nan LiuDepartment of Emergency, Beijing Ditan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100102, China. 13911067330@163.com.
Yu-Fei ChangDepartment of Emergency, Beijing Ditan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100102, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Emergency, Beijing Ditan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100102, China.

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backgroundSevere symptoms associated with sepsis syndrome (SS) are considered a severe threat, which not only increases therapeutic difficulty but also causes a prognostic mortality rate. However, at present, few related studies focused on the application of different score scales for disease and prognosis assessment in liver cirrhosis (LC) complicated with SS.

aimTo determine the correlations of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), and modified early warning score (MEWS) points with the prognosis of patients with LC complicated with SS.

methodsThis retrospective analysis included 426 LC cases from February 2019 to April 2022. Of them, 225 cases that were complicated with SS were assigned to the LC + SS group, and 201 simple LC cases were included in the LC group. Intergroup differences in MELD, SOFA, and MEWS scores were compared, as well as their diagnostic value for LC + SS. The correlations of the three scores with the prognosis of patients with LC + SS were further analyzed, as well as the related risk factors affecting patients' outcomes, after the follow-up investigation.

resultsMELD, SOFA, and MEWS scores were all higher in the LC + SS group

conclusionMELD, SOFA, and MEWS effectively diagnosed LC in patients complicated with SS, and they demonstrated great significance in assessing prognosis, which provides a reliable prognosis guarantee for patients with LC + SS. However, their assessment effects remain limited, which is worthy of further investigation by more in-depth and rigorous experimental analysis.

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CirrhosisModel for end-stage liver diseaseModified early warning scoreSepsis syndromeSequential organ failure assessment

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PMCPMC11948096

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