DOI: 10.36347/SASJM.2019.v05i12.001

Pages: 190-193

Background/aims: The albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score is a new model for assessing the severity of liver dysfunction. In the present study, we aimed to retrospectively compare the performance of ALBI with Child-Pugh for predicting the renal dysfunction in patients with chronic liver disease. Materials and methods: Data of Patients with chronic Liver disease irrespective of etiology were retrospectively reviewed. Child Pugh and ALBI. Scores were calculated for the patients and results from ROC curves were analyzed. Results: Study conducted on 299 patients of chronic liver disease, age distribution was between 20-85years with mean age of patients being 45.7+/-10.94 years, sex ratio male: female::265:35 with renal dysfunction rate of 29.8%.The area under curves of ROC of ALBI and Child Pugh are 0.550,0.569 respectively. There was statistically significant correlation between renal dysfunction with both CPS and ALBI score. Conclusion: Ability of ALBI score for predicting renal dysfunction was comparable with that of Child Pugh score.