Model for End Stage Liver Disease Score Independently Predicts Mortality in Cardiac Surgery

ConclusionsIncreasing MELD score, INR, and bilirubin all independently increase risk of operative mortality. Since high rates of missing data currently limit utilization of MELD, efforts to simplify and improve data collection would help improve future risk models.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research