Assessment of renal function in cirrhosis: Sarcopenia, gender and ethnicity matter

Kidney dysfunction is common in patients with advanced cirrhosis1 –3 and a number of studies have shown that impaired kidney function has a negative impact on outcomes.4 As a result, serum creatinine has been incorporated into the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score,4 which is a robust tool to predict short-term mortality in patients with cirrhosis. S ince then, the MELD score has been widely adopted in liver transplantation for prioritization in organ allocation. Even though creatinine level has an independent prognostic value, it is an inaccurate marker of renal function in cirrhosis.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research