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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada

Authors :
Paul Douglas Renfrew
Hude Quan
Christopher James Doig
Elijah Dixon
Michele Molinari
Source :
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 25, Iss 7, Pp 359-364 (2011)
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Wiley, 2011.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the generalizability of the predictions for 90-day mortality generated by Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) and the serum sodium augmented MELD (MELDNa) to Atlantic Canadian adults with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation (LT).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08357900
Volume :
25
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b10db3f2384f41a482c9ee183c0c4495
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/454727