Is MELD score failing patients with liver disease and hepatorenal syndrome?

• 作 者: Lena Sibulesky Nicolae Leca Christopher Blosser Amir A Rahnemai-Azar Renuka Bhattacharya Jorge Reyes
• 机 构: Department of Surgery,Division of Transplant Surgery,University of Washington,Department of Medicine
• 出 处: World Journal of Hepatology
• 发表日期: 2016年27期
• 关键词: transplant permanent prior allocation insufficiency timely exception creatinine

There is a need to reassess the application of MELD and the impact of renal insufficiency with consideration for developing an algorithm with exception points that would lead to timely allocation of livers to patients with hepatorenal syndrome prior to occurrence of permanent renal damage without jeopardizing post-transplant survival.

There is a need to reassess the application of MELD and the impact of renal insufficiency with consideration for developing an algorithm with exception points that would lead to timely allocation of livers to patients with hepatorenal syndrome prior to occurrence of permanent renal damage without jeopardizing post-transplant survival.