Evidence-based incorporation of key parameters into MELD score for acute-on-chronic liver failure

作者：Yu Xia, Ruoqi Zhou, Wenting Tan, Xiaobo Wang, Xin Zheng, Yan Huang, Jinjun Chen, Beiling Li, Xinxin Liu, Zhiwei Li, Zhongji Meng, Yanhang Gao, Zhiping Qian, Feng Liu, Xiaobo Lu, Jia Shang, Huadong Yan, Yubao Zheng, Weituo Zhang, Shan Yin, Wen Gu, Guohong Deng, Xiaomei Xiang, Yi Zhou, Yixin Hou, Qun Zhang, Shue Xiong, Jing Liu, Ruochan Chen, Liyuan Long, Xiuhua Jiang, Sen Luo, Yuanyuan Chen, Jiang Chang, Jinming Zhao, Liujuan Ji, Xue Mei, Jing Li, Tao Li, Rongjiong Zheng, Xinyi Zhou, Qun Cai, Li Hai, Jifang Sheng, Yu Shi · 发表于：eGastroenterology · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1136/egastro-2024-100101 · 被引用次数：11 · 研究领域：Liver Disease and Transplantation、Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment、Hepatitis C virus research

Background The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score is widely used for the prognostication in end-stage liver disease but has limited performance in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). In this study, we identified additional predictive parameters and reformed the MELD score to predict ACLF more accurately. Methods A meta-analysis was performed on relevant studies to identify the predictive factors of 28-day/90-day outcomes of ACLF, which were validated in two large prospective cohorts. A prognostic score was developed by incorporating predictive parameters into the MELD score. The model was evaluated with a focus on discrimination and calibration. Results The meta-analysis incorporated 32 cohort studies with a total of 13 939 patients, of which 13 risk factors were identified, and 3 risk factors (age, neutrophil count and hepatic encephalopathy (HE) grade) besides MELD score were validated in 751 patients with ACLF derived from two prospective cohorts. A new model (Chinese Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Consortium (CATCH-LIFE)-MELD score) was developed as follows: 0.028×age+0.3×HE grade+0.039×neutrophil count+0.079×MELD score. CATCH-LIFE-MELD score achieved a concordance index of 0.791/0.788 for 28-day/90-day outcomes, which is superior to other traditional scores. Other discrimination indices, including net reclassification improvement, integrated discrimination improvement and probability density function, and calibration including Nagelkerke’s R 2 and Brier sc...