Alcoholic hepatitis scores

Modified Maddrey's Discriminant Function, Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score and Lille Model for Alcoholic Hepatitis

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a pertinent public health issue, associated with nearly 6 % of all deaths globally. Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe syndrome of ALD that can be responsive to treatment with glucocorticoids. Different prognostic scores have been developed to identify high risk patients that can potentially benefit from glucocorticoid therapy; these include the (modified) Maddrey's discriminant function (mDF), Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score (GAHS) and Lille Model for Alcoholic Hepatitis. <br />The mDF calculation is based on bilirubin and prothrombin time values whereas the GAHS is derived from five variables independently associated with outcome (age, serum bilirubin, blood urea, prothrombin time, and white blood cell count). Patients with an mDF ≥ 32 and a GAHS ≥ 9 were shown to have poor short-term prognosis which could be improved with glucocorticoid treatment. <br />The Lille score is primarily used to assess treatment response and can therefore help inform decisions to either discontinue glucocorticoid therapy after 7 days or prolong it to 28 days. A Lille score of ≥ 0.45 was shown to indicate non-response to glucocorticoids.<br />The mDF, the GAHS and the Lille score are endorsed by the 2018 EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver) clinical practice guidelines on the management of alcohol-related liver disease.