Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)

Postoperative Resource Utilization and Survival among Liver Transplant Recipients with Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score ≥40: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Filipe S Cardoso,
  • Constantine J Karvellas,
  • Norman M Kneteman,
  • Glenda Meeberg,
  • Pedro Fidalgo,
  • Sean M Bagshaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/954656
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 185 – 191

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Cirrhotic patients with Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score ≥40 have high risk for death without liver transplant (LT).