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A model to predict survival in patients with end-stage liver disease.
- P. Kamath, R. Wiesner, +6 authors W. Kim
- Medicine
- Hepatology
- 1 April 2001
A recent mandate emphasizes severity of liver disease to determine priorities in allocating organs for liver transplantation and necessitates a disease severity index based on generalizable,… Expand
A model to predict poor survival in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts
- M. Malinchoc, P. Kamath, F. Gordon, C. Peine, J. Rank, P. C. T. ter Borg
- Medicine
- Hepatology
- 1 April 2000
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) may worsen liver function and decrease survival in some patients. The Child‐Pugh classification has several drawbacks when used to determine… Expand
Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers.
- R. Wiesner, E. Edwards, +9 authors R. Krom
- Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- 2003
BACKGROUND & AIMS
A consensus has been reached that liver donor allocation should be based primarily on liver disease severity and that waiting time should not be a major determining factor. Our aim… Expand
Splanchnic artery aneurysms.
- S. Pasha, P. Gloviczki, A. Stanson, P. Kamath
- Medicine
- Mayo Clinic proceedings
- 1 April 2007
Autopsy studies suggest that splanchnic artery aneurysms may be more frequent than abdominal aortic aneurysms. These aneurysms are important to recognize because up to 25% may be complicated by… Expand
The model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD)
The Model for End‐stage Liver Disease (MELD) was initially created to predict survival in patients with complications of portal hypertension undergoing elective placement of transjugular intrahepatic… Expand
Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list.
- W. Kim, S. Biggins, +5 authors T. Therneau
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 4 September 2008
BACKGROUND
Under the current liver-transplantation policy, donor organs are offered to patients with the highest risk of death.
METHODS
Using data derived from all adult candidates for primary… Expand
Acute-on chronic liver failure.
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an increasingly recognised entity encompassing an acute deterioration of liver function in patients with cirrhosis, which is usually associated with a… Expand
Evidence-based incorporation of serum sodium concentration into MELD.
- S. Biggins, W. Kim, +9 authors G. Klintmalm
- Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- 1 May 2006
BACKGROUND & AIMS
Serum sodium (Na) concentrations have been suggested as a useful predictor of mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.
METHODS
We… Expand
MELD and PELD: Application of survival models to liver allocation
- R. Wiesner, S. Mcdiarmid, +5 authors W. Kim
- Medicine
- Liver transplantation : official publication of…
- 1 July 2001
In 1998, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued the final rule,1 in which the principles of organ allocation were defined, to govern the operation of the Organ Procurement and… Expand