New online calculator predicts clinical improvement in liver failure after Hep C treatment

New online calculator predicts clinical improvement in liver failure after Hep C treatment

Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | August 03, 2018

Investigators formulated a five-factor metric known as the BE3A score that offers specialists a shared decision-making tool to predict potential improvements after treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated liver failure, as detailed in a new study published in Gastroenterology. 

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To use the calculator online, go to www.be3ascore.com.

Study - Gastroenterology

June 2018 Volume 154, Issue 8, Pages 2111–2121.e8

Baseline Factors Associated With Improvements in Decompensated Cirrhosis After Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection