Breath-print analysis by e-nose may refine risk stratification for adverse outcomes in cirrhotic patients
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- 作者：Antonio De Vincentis ; Giorgio Pennazza ; Marco Santonico ; Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci ; Giovanni Galati ; Paolo Gallo ; Alessandro Zompanti ; Claudio Pedone ; Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi and Antonio Picardi
- 刊名：Liver International
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：37
- 期：2
- 页码：242-250
- 全文大小：557K
- ISSN：1478-3231
文摘
The spectrum of volatile organic compounds in the exhaled breath (breath-print, BP) has been shown to characterize patients with cirrhosis and with worse hepatic function. However, the association of different BPs with clinically relevant outcomes has not been described yet. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the association between BPs, mortality and hospitalization in cirrhotic patients and to compare it with that of the “classical” prognostic indices (Child-Pugh Classification [CPC] and MELD).