Mahassadi AK, et al. - Authors probed into the role of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) as the predictors of morbidity and mortality at initial hospitalization in patients with cirrhosis (median age: 49 years, 70.4% males). It was discovered that survival probabilities were high among individuals who were SIRS negative and in case of patients with MELD score ≤16 vs patients who were SIRS-positive and those with MELD score >16. Thus, it was disclosed that MELD score and SIRS could prove to be beneficial as tools for the prediction of mortality in black African patients with decompensated cirrhosis.