| Title: |
The Glasgow Prognostic Score at the Time of Palliative Esophageal Stent Insertion is a Predictive Factor of 30-Day Mortality and Overall Survival |
| Authors: |
Driver, Robert J.; Handforth, Catherine; Radhakrishna, Ganesh; Bennett, Michael I.; Ford, Alexander C.; Everett, Simon M. |
| Source: |
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology ; volume 52, issue 3, page 223-228 ; ISSN 0192-0790 |
| Publisher Information: |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Description: |
Background: Optimizing the timing of esophageal stent insertion is a challenge, partly due to difficulty predicting survival in advanced malignancy. The Glasgow prognostic score (GPS) is a validated tool for predicting survival in a number of cancers. Goals: To assess the utility of the GPS in predicting 30-day mortality and overall survival postesophageal stent insertion. Study: Patients at a tertiary referral center who had received an esophageal stent for palliation of dysphagia were included if they had a measurement of albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP) in the week preceding the procedure (n=209). Patients with both an elevated CRP (>10 mg/L) and hypoalbuminemia ( |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1097/mcg.0000000000000773 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0000000000000773; https://journals.lww.com/00004836-201803000-00008 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.877292E |
| Database: |
BASE |