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 ...

While Child score was originally designed for assessing the prognosis of cirrhotic patients undergoing surgical treatment of portal hypertension, MELD score was designed for assessing the ...