Andreas Karachristos, MD
A cluster of eight factors appears to help surgeons predict which patients scheduled for major liver resection are most likely to die within 30 days of the procedure.
The risk model, presented at the 2021 virtual Digestive Disease Week, found that patients who receive preoperative steroids, have an albumin–bilirubin score of 2 or more, experience weight loss greater than 10%, are male and at least 65 years of age are much more likely than other patients to die