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 ...

Although there have been no prospective studies that assess the usefulness of preoperative risk assessment with either the CTP or MELD scores, the published data provide a basis for general ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Matthew Rosiello moved from New York to Ohio for a liver transplant. Oct. 12, 2013 — -- In January 2011, Randy Rosiello, whose son Matthew was born with a rare liver disease, was "watching [her] ...

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As it has been clearly shown that waiting time is not an accurate marker of waiting list mortality, [27] the “sickest first” policy has been widely adopted for organ allocation, with the aim of ...