Publications by authors named "Andrew Joseph Muir"
Background And Aim: Hospice is underutilized in the management of patients with end-stage liver disease and may improve the patient experience at the end of life. This study aims to create a novel prognostic scale to accurately predict 6-month mortality to more comprehensively facilitate hospice referral.
Methods: Sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory variables associated with mortality from the United Network for Organ Sharing database were tested in univariate analysis followed by multivariate analyses with four predictor groups: Demographics, Diagnoses, Complexities, and Laboratory studies to develop the hospice in end-stage liver disease prognostic scale (HELP) scale (70% sample, = 13 516) followed with replication in a 30% ( = 5792) internal validation sample.