RESEARCH ARTICLE
AIMS65 and PALBI Scores as Predictors of Six Months’ Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Variceal Bleeding
Mohammed Elhendawy1, Alshaimaa Fathy Eldesouky1, Shaimaa S Soliman2, Loai Mansour1, Sherief Abd-Elsalam1, *, Nehad Hawash1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 12
E-location ID: e187531832207040
Publisher ID: e187531832207040
DOI: 10.2174/18753183-v12-e2207040
Article History:
Received Date: 24/1/2022Revision Received Date: 1/2/2022
Acceptance Date: 17/3/2022
Electronic publication date: 21/09/2022
Collection year: 2022
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Abstract
Background & Aims:
Bleeding gastroesophageal varices are a cause of high mortality among cirrhotic patients. We aimed to investigate late mortality predictors and prognostic models using easily verified factors at admission in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding (AVB).
Methods:
Between January 2020 and June 2020, 142 patients with AVB from Tanta university hospital were included. Investigating multiple prognostic models was done using multiple logistic regression after identifying significant predictors of 6 months' mortality. Mortality prediction accuracy was assessed with area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve.
Results:
The 6 months’ overall mortality rate was 31% (44 patients had died). AIMS56, Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) grade C and MELD scores were significantly higher among non survivors (p<0.001) while Platelet-albumin-bilirubin (PALBI) was significantly more negative among survivors (P=0.001). Hepatocellular carcinoma was not significantly related to the mortality (p =0.364). Univariate analysis showed that high CTP, MELD, AIMS65 and PALBI scores were predictors of mortality and associated with decreased survival with high sensitivity and low specificity; while multivariate analysis showed that only AIMS56 was independently associated with mortality (p 0.004).
Conclusion:
CTP, MELD, AIMS65 and PALBI scores are simple, bed side risk scores that can be used for the prediction of 6 months’ mortality after AVB in cirrhotic patients with high sensitivities and lower specificities.
