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Child-Pugh score 🚧
- total bilirubin: yellow compound in bile from hemoglobin breakdown
- serum albumin: blood protein produced in the liver
- prothrombin time, prolongation(s) or INR: time for blood to clot
- ascites: fluid in peritoneal cavity
- hepatic encephalopathy: brain disorder from liver disease
encephalopathy grades (from the FDA)
Class A
- 5 to 6 points
- least severe liver disease
- one- to five-year survival rate: 95 percent
Class B
- 7 to 9 points
- moderately severe liver disease
- one- to five-year survival rate: 75 percent
Class C
- 10 to 15 points
- most severe liver disease
- one- to five-year survival rate: 50 percent