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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 ...
MELD-Plus is a risk score to assess severity of chronic liver disease that was resulted from a collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital and IBM. [1] The score includes nine variables as effective predictors for 90-day mortality after a discharge from a cirrhosis-related admission.
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]
Watch this little boy meet the woman who saved his life by donating part of her liver.
Higher UKELD scores equate to higher one-year mortality risk. A UKELD score of 49 indicates a 9% one-year risk of mortality, and is the minimum score required to be added to the liver transplant waiting list in the U.K. [1] A UKELD score of 60 indicates a 50% chance of one-year survival. [2]
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The Maddrey DF score is a predictive statistical model compares the subject's DF score with mortality prognosis within 30-day or 90-day scores. ... To calculate ...