Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Related Resources

The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's cares for children with a wide array of conditions. It can be difficult to find the right resources for learning about or coping with a specific GI illness.

Resources for Health Care Professionals

The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, with the assistance of the Division of Biomedical Informatics, provides several online calculators for use by our colleagues, as well as tools prepared by other institutions.

Online Clinical Calculators

• Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) From Hyams et al., Development and validation of a pediatric Crohn's disease activity index. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1991;12:439-447.
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• Autoimmune hepatitis score From Alvarez et al., International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group Report: Review of criteria for diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis. J Hepatol 1999;31:929-938.
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• Donor risk index for liver transplantation From Feng et al., Characteristics associated with liver graft failure: the concept of a donor risk index. Am J Transplant 2006;6:783-790.
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• Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) scores from the United Network for Organ Sharing
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