Since its proposal, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been employed to predict short-term mortality among patients with chronic liver disease and those awaiting liver ...

UAB surgeons have completed Alabama’s first living-donor liver transplant, expanding lifesaving options for patients facing ...

ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; APASL, Asian-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver; INR, international normalised ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; TBiL, total bilirubin; ...

Adoption of a new version of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, known as MELD 3.0, closed the gap in access to liver transplant between men and women, an analysis showed. Since MELD 3.0 was ...

Early determination of prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is crucial for optimizing treatment options and liver allocation. This study aimed to identify risk factors ...

In a bid to improve end-of-life care for incarcerated individuals in the California prison system, UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to predict who is most likely to die within two years ...

After the recent implementation of acuity circle (AC)-based allocation policies, overall mortality and dropout rates among severely ill liver transplant candidates decreased; however, candidates with ...