Predicting Early Mortality After Acute Variceal Hemorrhage Based on Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3285135	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2009	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

A simple CART algorithm based on Child-Pugh score, creatinine level, and infection allowed an accurate predictive assessment of 6-week mortality after acute variceal bleeding.

Keywords

ROC CART EVL AUROC HCC EST endoscopic sclerotherapy endoscopic variceal ligation Logistic regression Prognostic index Classification and regression tree area under the receiver operating characteristic curve Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Hepatocellular carcinoma MELD receiver operating characteristic

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Predicting Early Mortality After Acute Variceal Hemorrhage Based on Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

Authors

Salvador Augustin, Laura Muntaner, José T. Altamirano, Antonio González, Esteban Saperas, Joan Dot, Monder Abu-Suboh, Josep R. Armengol, Joan R. Malagelada, Rafael Esteban, Jaime Guardia, Joan GenescÃ ,