Mayo Clinic identifies factors to predict mortality in pediatric liver transplant

The current system of prioritizing children with liver disease who are waiting for transplantation may not be optimal because the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease score (PELD) may underestimate risk of dying before a liver transplant in some children if kidney function is not taken into consideration. Adding the values from two additional blood tests, a [...]
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