Acid Test: MELD-Lactate Enhances Prediction in Patients with Variceal Hemorrhage

Fernando H Calmet^{1

2}, Paul Martin³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, 02462, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
³ Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, 33126, Miami, USA. PMartin2@med.miami.edu.

Editorial

Fernando H Calmet et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;68(3):723-724.

doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07747-7. Epub 2022 Nov 14.

Fernando H Calmet^{1

2}, Paul Martin³

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, 02462, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
³ Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, 33126, Miami, USA. PMartin2@med.miami.edu.

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MELD-Lactate Predicts Poor Outcome in Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis.
Horvatits T, Mahmud N, Serper M, Seiz O, Reher D, Drolz A, Sarnast N, Gu W, Erasmus HP, Allo G, Ferstl P, Wittmann S, Piecha F, Groth S, Zeuzem S, Schramm C, Huber S, Rösch T, Lohse AW, Trebicka J, Ogola G, Asrani SK, Kluwe J. Horvatits T, et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Mar;68(3):1042-1050. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07744-w. Epub 2022 Nov 14. Dig Dis Sci. 2023. PMID: 36376577 Free PMC article.

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