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Child-Pugh Score

The Child-Pugh Score (originally Child-Turcotte, modified by Pugh in 1973) is a clinical scoring system that stratifies the severity of liver cirrhosis and predicts surgical mortality and prognosis. The score integrates five readily available clinical and laboratory parameters: bilirubin, albumin, prothrombin time (INR), ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy. With a total range of 5–15 points, the Child-Pugh Score is stratified into Class A (mild, 5–6 points), Class B (moderate, 7–9 points), and Class C (severe, 10–15 points), each with distinct mortality predictions.

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Child-Pugh Score for Liver Cirrhosis Severity

Taxonomic method recordprocess-pipelinegastroenterology

  1. Child, C. G., & Turcotte, J. G. (1964). Surgery and portal hypertension. In C. G. Child (Ed.), The liver and portal hypertension (pp. 50–64). Saunders. · URL

  2. Pugh, R. N., Murray-Lyon, I. M., Dawson, J. L., Pietroni, M. C., & Williams, R. (1973). Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices. British Journal of Surgery, 60(8), 646–649. · DOI 10.1002/bjs.1800600817

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