Revision of MELD to Include Serum Albumin Improves Prediction of Mortality on the Liver Transplant Waiting List

BACKGROUND: Allocation of donor livers for transplantation in most regions is based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) or MELD-sodium (MELDNa). Our objective was to assess revisions to MELD and MELDNa that include serum albumin for predicting waiting list mortality. METHODS: Adults regi...

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Autores principales: Myers, Robert P., Shaheen, Abdel Aziz M., Faris, Peter, Aspinall, Alexander I., Burak, Kelly W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051926

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051926

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