The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada

OBJECTIVE: To determine the generalizability of the predictions for 90-day mortality generated by Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) and the serum sodium augmented MELD (MELDNa) to Atlantic Canadian adults with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation (LT).

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Main Authors: Paul Douglas Renfrew, Hude Quan, Christopher James Doig, Elijah Dixon, Michele Molinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/454727
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spelling doaj-art-b10db3f2384f41a482c9ee183c0c44952025-02-03T05:51:32ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002011-01-0125735936410.1155/2011/454727The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic CanadaPaul Douglas Renfrew0Hude Quan1Christopher James Doig2Elijah Dixon3Michele Molinari4Atlantic Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaAtlantic Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To determine the generalizability of the predictions for 90-day mortality generated by Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) and the serum sodium augmented MELD (MELDNa) to Atlantic Canadian adults with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation (LT).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/454727
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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
title The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
title_full The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
title_fullStr The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
title_full_unstemmed The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
title_short The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada
title_sort model for end stage liver disease accurately predicts 90 day liver transplant wait list mortality in atlantic canada
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