In patients with cirrhosis, probiotics reduce HE and improve liver function scores, quality of life, and gut flora, a systematic review and meta-analysis finds.
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About half of actively drinking patients hospitalized for alcohol-associated hepatitis or decompensated alcohol-related cirrhosis undergo an intervention that can improve outcomes.
1. The Child-Pugh score consists of five clinical features and is used to assess the prognosis of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. 2. The Child-Pugh score was originally developed in 1973 to predict surgical outcomes in patients presenting with bleeding esophageal varices. 3. The score is used with the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)