A ROPE value of greater than 3.0 had a positive predictive value of 53% and a value less than 3.0 had a negative predictive value of 86% for the development of decompensated shock.Conclusions:ROPE is an easily applied and useful clinical tool with a ROPE of less than 3.0 being predictive ...
The main criteria for exclusion were clear signs of decompensated cirrhosis, severe alcoholic hepatitis, competing liver disease or comorbidity with an expected survival of less than a year. Remaining inclusion and exclusion criteria are described in detail in prior publications [[20], [21]]. The ...