[Prognostic value of plasmatic fibronectin and Child-Pugh classification in alcoholic cirrhotic patients. A comparative study].

Background: To assess the prognostic value of plasmatic fibronectin (FN), compared to numeric Child-Pugh classification and its biochemical parameters in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis followed prospectively during a 18 months-period.

Methods: Fifty patients with the diagnosis of cirrhosis by hepatic biopsy or clinical and biochemical criteria, were included in the study after the exclusion of hepatocarcinoma and GI bleeding, infection or continous alcohol ingestion in the last 30 days. The mean age was 51.