References

• Tandon P1, Reddy KR2, O’Leary JG3, Garcia-Tsao G4, Abraldes JG1, Wong F5, Biggins SW6, Maliakkal B7, Fallon MB8, Subramanian RM9, Thuluvath P10, Kamath PS11, Thacker LR12, Bajaj JS12; North American Consortium for the Study of End-Stage Liver Disease. A Karnofsky performance status-based score predicts death after hospital discharge in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2017 Jan;65(1):217-224. PMID: 27775842.
  
  Identification of patients with cirrhosis at risk for death within 3 months of discharge from the hospital is essential to individualize postdischarge plans. The objective of the study was to identify an easy-to-use prognostic model based on the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS). The North American Consortium for the Study of End-Stage Liver Disease consists of 16 tertiary-care hepatology centers that prospectively enroll nonelectively admitted cirrhosis patients. Patients enrolled had KPS assessed 1 week postdischarge. KPS was categorized into low (score 10-40), intermediate (50-70), and high (80-100). Of 954 middle-aged patients (57 ± 10 years, 63% men) with a median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score of 17 (interquartile ra […]