The use of MELD scores in critically ill cirrhotic patients
The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) was originally created to predict survival following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and was subsequently found to accurately predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease. It has been used in the United States for liver allocat...
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Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
2016-10-01
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| Online Access: | http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/329 |