The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score-Based System Predicts Short Term Mortality Better Than the Current Child-Turcotte-Pugh Score-Based Allocation System during Waiting for Deceased Liver Transplantation.

In conclusion, MELD score-based system can predict short term mortality better and select more number of high risk patients in Korean population.
PMID: 23960449 [PubMed - in process]

Source: J Korean Med Sci - August 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hong G, Lee KW, Suh S, Yoo T, Kim H, Park MS, Choi Y, Yi NJ, Suh KS Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research