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Sabiston. Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice

Julian A. Smith
- 01 Mar 2002 - 
- Vol. 72, Iss: 3, pp 248-248
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The safety of intra-abdominal surgery in patients with cirrhosis: model for end-stage liver disease score is superior to Child-Turcotte-Pugh classification in predicting outcome.

TL;DR: A MELD score of 14 or greater was a better clinical predictor of poor outcome than Child-Turcotte-Pugh class C and patients with cirrhosis with hemoglobin levels lower than 10 g/dL should receive corrective blood transfusions before abdominal surgery.