Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score (GAHS)

Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score (Forrest 2005): from age, WBC, urea, INR, and bilirubin; ≥ 9 identifies the higher-mortality cohort in which corticosteroids showed benefit.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Age
55
White-cell count
16
Urea
8
INR
2.2
Bilirubin
300

Result: GAHS 12/12: 9 or more -- higher 28/84-day mortality, the cohort in which corticosteroids showed benefit.

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What the result means

Threshold
9 or more marks higher 28/84-day mortality and the cohort in which corticosteroids showed benefit.

What you enter

  • Age (years)
  • White-cell count (×10⁹/L)
  • Urea (mmol/L)
  • INR
  • Bilirubin (µmol/L)
How this is calculated
Items
age (< 50 / >= 50), WBC (< 15 / >= 15), urea mmol/L (< 5 / >= 5), INR (< 1.5 / 1.5-2.0 / > 2.0), bilirubin umol/L (< 125 / 125-250 / > 250); total 5-12. SI units, not BUN or mg/dL.

Forrest EH, Evans CD, Stewart S, et al. Analysis of factors predictive of mortality in alcoholic hepatitis and derivation and validation of the Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score. Gut. 2005;54(8):1174-1179. Read the source ↗

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