The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) was initially created to predict survival in patients with complications of portal hypertension undergoing elective placement of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts. The MELD which uses only objective variables was validated subsequently as an
Model for end-stage liver disease
β Scribed by G.E. Jung; J. Encke; J. Schmidt; A. Rahmel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 432 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-4722
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