LSMU Associate Professor Dr. R. Zykus Co-Authors Prestigious Scientific Publication and New AI Tool

Dr. Romanas Zykus, Associate Professor at the LSMU Department of Gastroenterology, is a co-author of a prestigious scientific publication.

An international team of researchers, including a scientist from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), has published its work in the Journal of Hepatology, a leading journal with an impact factor of 40.1.

The researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence tool — ELM Score — that enables the non-invasive prediction of clinically significant portal hypertension in patients with compensated chronic liver disease.

The tool:

• Combines liver and spleen stiffness measurements (using any elastography technique) with simple clinical data.
• Reduces the proportion of inconclusive (“gray zone”) cases from nearly 48% (under the current Baveno VII criteria) to just 12%.
• Maintains high diagnostic accuracy.
• Enables earlier and safer identification of patients who require treatment.
• Helps reduce the need for invasive diagnostic procedures in patients with chronic liver disease.
  
  The ELM Score calculator is available at: HERE.
  Scientific publication: HERE.