Revising the MELD Score to Address Sex-Bias in Liver Transplant Prioritization for a German Cohort

(1) Background: Prioritization of patients for liver transplantation in Germany relies on the MELD (model for end-stage liver disease) scoring system that does not consider the patient’s sex. Many studies have shown that women are disadvantaged by the MELD score. Using a large patient cohort from a...

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Autores principales: Walter Costa, Maria Beatriz, Gärtner, Christiane, Schmidt, Maria, Berg, Thomas, Seehofer, Daniel, Kaiser, Thorsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13060963

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13060963

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