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From: Integrating Palliative Care for Liver Transplant Candidates“Too Well for Transplant, Too Sick for Life”
JAMA. 2006;295(18): doi: /jama
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The formula for the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score is MELD = 0.957 × Loge (creatinine mg/dL) × Loge (bilirubin mg/dL) × Loge (international normalized ratio) The final score should be multiplied by 10 and rounded to the nearest whole number. For laboratory values that are lower than 1.0, set to 1.0 for purposes of calculation of the MELD score. The maximum serum creatinine level considered is 4.0 mg/dL (353.6 μmol/L). If the patient has had dialysis twice within a week before calculation of the MELD score, the score should be calculated with a serum creatinine value of 4.0 mg/dL (353.6 μmol/L) no matter what the actual serum creatinine level is.
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