Table 1

 Scoring systems used in the assessment of alcoholic hepatitis

Scoring systemFormula
PT, prothrombin time.
Discriminant functionDF = (4.6×PT)+serum bilirubin (mg/dl)
Modified discriminant functionmDF = 4.6 (PTpatient−PTcontrol)+ serum bilirubin (μmol/l)/17.1
MELD scoreMELD = 3.8×loge(bilirubin (mg/dl))+1.2 × loge(INR)+ 9.6×loge(creatinine (mg/dl))