#Meld score meaning pdf
#Meld score meaning trial

From January 2012 through December 2013, all consecutive inpatients aged 18 years were eligible for the study patients with missing MELD parameters on hospital admission and/or treatments influencing the international normalized ratio, that is, novel oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists, were excluded. We performed a retrospective observational study at a tertiary referral center. We therefore aimed to investigate a potential association of the MELD score with mortality, length of hospital stay (LOS), and disease burden in a general patient population. The laboratory-based model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score reflects the function of the kidney, liver, and extrinsic coagulation pathway and might be used as a general prognostic tool for the assessment of patients.

#Meld score meaning pdf

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Otherwise, the authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.Д®xcerpts of the results were presented as poster at the В« International Forum of Safety and Quality in Health Care В» in London April 21-24th, 2015.

This study was supported by the Gebert RГјf Foundation (grant GRS 030/09), Basel, Switzerland. Hug, Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Luzern, Spitalstrasse, 6000 Luzern 16, Switzerland (e-mail: ).ДЄbbreviations: CI = confidence interval, HR = hazard ratio, ICD-10 = International Classification of Diseases (10th revision), INR = international normalized ratio, IRR = incidence rate ratio, LOS = length of hospital stay, MELD = model for end-stage liver disease.

#Meld score meaning trial

ADivision of Infectious Diseases & Hospital EpidemiologyДClinical Trial Unit, University Hospital Basel, BaselД®Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.Д¬orrespondence: Dr.