Nov. 5, 2002 (Boston) — A study of 66 people who underwent liver transplantation with a right lobe from a living donor suggests that preoperative Model for Endstage Liver Disease (MELD) scores do not ...
Organ transplants are a "never-ending tragedy," with referrals steadily going up while the number of organs available remains ...
Prognostic scores are valuable tools for predicting survival in patients with chronic liver disease. Recently, the albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score has emerged as a potential prognostic indicator in ...
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 ...
There was also a decrease in new registrations and a significant increase in liver transplantation rates for African-Americans, Asians, and Caucasian recipients, as well as for almost all etiologic ...
A Kelowna woman with end-stage liver failure is drawing attention to her challenges in navigating B.C.’s transplant system, ...
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] ...