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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, or MELD, is a scoring system for assessing the severity of chronic liver disease.It was initially developed to predict mortality within three months of surgery in patients who had undergone a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure, [1] and was subsequently found to be useful in determining prognosis and prioritizing for receipt of ...
A call for an additional validation of MELD-Plus was published in November 2019 in the European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. [13]A study presented in June 2019 in Semana Digestiva [14] (Vilamoura, Portugal) demonstrated that MELD-Plus was superior to assess mortality at 180 days vs. other liver-related scores in a population admitted due to hepatic encephalopathy.
The United Kingdom Model for End-Stage Liver Disease or UKELD is a medical scoring system used to predict the prognosis of patients with chronic liver disease. It is used in the United Kingdom to help determine the need for liver transplantation. [1] It was developed from the MELD score, incorporating the serum sodium level. [2]
Liver transplantation is a potential treatment for acute or chronic conditions which cause irreversible and severe ("end-stage") liver dysfunction. [4] Since the procedure carries relatively high risks, is resource-intensive, and requires major life modifications after surgery, it is reserved for dire circumstances.
The PELD score calculated for any given patient is correlated to their prognosis and how likely they are to die within a certain time period. [3] A higher score correlates with a more critical condition. Thus, liver donations are usually allocated by UNOS according to the PELD score to maximize the life-saving capability of each donated liver. [4]
In the past, the Child-Pugh classification was used to determine people who were candidates for a liver transplant. [102] Child-Pugh class B is usually an indication for evaluation for transplant. [104] However, there were many issues when applying this score to liver transplant eligibility. [102] Thus, the MELD score was created.
In 2003, Yao et al. reported experience at the University of California San Francisco five-year post-transplantation survival of 75% in patients with tumors as large as 6.5 cm, or up to three lesions each less than 4.5 cm with cumulative tumor burden ≤8 cm. [4] Additional studies using these so-called "UCSF criteria" have shown favorable post ...
FibroTest, known as FibroSure in the US, is a biomarker test that uses the results of six blood serum tests to generate a score that is correlated with the degree of liver damage in people with a variety of liver diseases. FibroTest has the same prognostic value as a liver biopsy.