MELD score predicts 1-year patient survival post-orthotopic liver transplantation
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Does the patient selection with MELD score improve short-term survival in liver transplantation?
INTRODUCTION The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score introduced in 2002 has come to improve selection of patients dying in the liver transplantation waiting list. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short-term survival in liver transplantation around the world when MELD score was applied as selection criteria. METHODS - A review has been done at the online database PubMed/ Medline/Scielo. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50090