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Proposing a Sex-Adjusted Sodium-Adjusted MELD Score for Liver Transplant Allocation

IMPORTANCE: Liver allocation is determined by the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), a scoring system based on 4 laboratory measurements. During the MELD era, sex disparities in liver transplant have increased and there are no modifications to MELD based on sex. OBJECTIVE: To use laboratory v...

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Autores principales: Sealock, Julia M., Ziogas, Ioannis A., Zhao, Zhiguo, Ye, Fei, Alexopoulos, Sophoclis P., Matsuoka, Lea, Chen, Guanhua, Davis, Lea K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35583884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1548