Did Anyone Else Know What the A-B-C of your genotype means?

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I didn't know at all and just now was able to find out.TABLE 3

Grading Liver Function Using the Child-Turcotte Class as Modified by

Pugh*

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Points

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Feature

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0

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1

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2

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Albumin More than 3.5 g per dL (35 g per L) 2.8 to 3.5 g per dL (28

to 35 g per L) Less than 2.8 g per dL (28 g per L)

Bilirubin Less than 2 mg per dL (34 µmol per L) 2 to 3 mg per dL

(34 to 51 µmol per L) More than 3 mg per dL

Prolongation of prothrombin time Less than 4 seconds 4 to 6 seconds

More than 6 seconds

Ascites None Controlled Refractory

Encephalopathy None Controlled Refractory

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*--The Child-Turcotte class, as modified by Pugh, often known simply

as the " Child class, " is calculated by adding the points as

determined by the patient's laboratory results: class A=0 to 1; class

B=2 to 4; class C=5 and higher. The classes indicate severity of

liver dysfunction: class A is associated with a good prognosis, and

class C is associated with limited life expectancy. Ascites and

encephalopathy are graded as " none, " " controlled with routine medical

therapy " or " refractory to medical therapy. "

Adapted with permission from Pugh RN, Murray-Lyon IM, Dawson JL,

Pietroni MC, R. Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding

oesophageal varices. Br J Surg 1973;60:646-9.

Grading Liver Function