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Child-Pugh score 🚧

  1. total bilirubin: yellow compound in bile from hemoglobin breakdown
  2. serum albumin: blood protein produced in the liver
  3. prothrombin time, prolongation(s) or INR: time for blood to clot
  4. ascites: fluid in peritoneal cavity
  5. 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

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