The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score—derived from serum total bilirubin and creatinine levels, plus the international normalized ratio—is commonly used in the US to assess ...

MELD scores range from 6 to 40, with higher scores indicating a higher risk of waitlist mortality and increased urgency for transplant, and Kwong noted that the median MELD score for women was ...

Transplant rates and waitlist dropouts for women are now similar to those for men, yet some disparities still exist.

The overall 3-month mortality of the patients with AOCH was 74.3% ( Table 1 ). In the group of MELD score 20-29, 51 patients died (mortality: 56.0%); in the group of MELD score 30-39, 117 patients ...

Since the adoption of a new model for assessing the severity of liver disease, women are more likely to be added to the ...

Tapering doses of corticosteroids was safer than, and just as effective as, a fixed dose in patients with severe ...