Galen eCalcs - Calculator: Child-Pugh Score

Description

The Child-Pugh Score for Cirrhosis Mortality calculator is utilized to assess the prognosis of chronic liver disease, mainly cirrhosis.

Calculator Search/Filter Keywords

At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the Child-Pugh Score calculator:

Specialties

• Critical Care
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
• Hepatology
• Internal Medicine
• Nephrology
• Surgery

Systems

• Digestive
• Lymphatic

Calculator Configuration Options

Preference Name	Valid Range	Description
Publishing	Checked / Unchecked	When checked the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
Orderable Item Override	(BLANK) / G-ChldPgh	“(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-ChldPgh” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the output.

Calculator Inputs

Input	Mapping Type	Description
Total Bilirubin	Results	A measure of both direct and indirect bilirubin levels in the blood
Albumin	Results	A measure of a particular blood plasma protein produced in the liver
INR	Results	A measure of the blood’s clotting tendency
Ascites	Manual Input	Describes the patient's history of Ascites
Encephalopathy	Manual Input	Describes the patient's history of Encephalopathy

Calculator Outputs

Output	Mapping Type	Description
Child-Pugh Score	Result	The Child’s Score, which estimates cirrhosis serverity
Child Class	Result	The child classification
One Year Survival Rate	Result	Average survival rate at 1 year
Two Year Survival Rate	Result	Average survival rate at 2 years

References

http://www.mdcalc.com/child-pugh-score-for-cirrhosis-mortality/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child-Pugh_score