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MELD is MELD is MELD? Transplant center–level variation in waitlist mortality for candidates with the same biological MELD [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2021
Recently, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)-based liver allocation in the United States has been questioned based on concerns that waitlist mortality for a given biologic MELD (bMELD), calculated using laboratory values alone, might be higher at certain centers in certain locations across the country.
Tanveen Ishaque, Amber B. Kernodle, Jennifer D. Motter, Kyle R. Jackson, Teresa P. Chiang, Samantha Getsin, Brian J. Boyarsky, Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang, Sommer E. Gentry, Dorry L. Segev, Allan B. Massie   +10 more
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Predictive Ability of Different Scoring Models in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023
Introduction: Alcoholic hepatitis is a major health problem which carries a high mortality despite treatment. Predicting severity of disease is of utmost importance to avoid overzealous and unnecessary treatment with steroids in each and every case ...
Bikkina Venkat Siddharda, Monica Gupta, Ram Singh, Sarabmeet Singh Lehl   +3 more
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Platelet to White Blood Cell Ratio (PWR) to Predict Mortality in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure of Cirrhosis Patient: A Systematic Review

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2022
Background: Liver cirrhosis (LC) is still being important public health concern, due to the rising of global incidence and mortality. There is risk progression in LC patients to acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients with high incidence of ...
Roy Akur Pandapotan, Burhan Gunawan
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Treatment of hepatitis C virus infection with direct-acting antiviral agent-based regimens in Iranian patients with hereditary bleeding disorders

Virology Journal, 2021
Background Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is one of the most important comorbidities in patients with hereditary bleeding disorders (HBD). The present study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA)-based interferon-free HCV
Heidar Sharafi, Bita Behnava, Alireza Azizi-saraji, Ali Namvar, Ali Anvar, Shima Salimi, Seyed Moayed Alavian   +6 more
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How Often Do the Iranian Medical Journal Editors-in-Chief Publish in Their Own Journals?

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020
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Mohammad Saeid EAEE-ZAVAREH, Hamidreza KARIMI-SARI   +1 more
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A New Approach To Predicting Prognosis In Sars-Cov-2 Infection: "MELD Scoring"

Genel Tıp Dergisi, 2023
Background/Aims: The MELD score is a scoring system used to assess the severity of end-stage liver disease. In our study, we aimed to investigate the role of MELD score in predicting the course of the disease and mortality in COVID-19 disease with multi ...
Alperen Aksakal, Dursun Afşin
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Baseline MELD score predicts hepatic decompensation during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2013
Background and Aims: In patients with advanced liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin is feasible in selected cases only due to potentially life-threatening side effects ...
Dultz, Georg, Friedrich-Rust, Mireen, Herrmann, Eva, Hofmann, Wolf Peter, Kronenberger, Bernd, Sarrazin, Christoph, Seelhof, Martin, Teuber, Gerlinde, Vermehren, Johannes, Wagner, Michael von, Welker, Martin-Walter, Zeuzem, Stefan   +11 more
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Melding Priority Queues [PDF]

ACM Transactions on Algorithms, 2004
We show that any priority queue data structure that supports insert , delete , and find-min operations in pq ( n ) amortized time, where n is an upper bound on the number of elements in the ...
Ran Mendelson, Robert E. Tarjan, Mikkel Thorup, Uri Zwick   +3 more
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Heart Rate Turbulence Predicts Survival Independently From Severity of Liver Dysfunction in Patients With Cirrhosis

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
BackgroundReduced heart rate variability (HRV) is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with cirrhosis. However, conventional HRV indices can only be interpreted in individuals with normal sinus rhythm.
Tope Oyelade, Gabriele Canciani, Gabriele Canciani, Matteo Bottaro, Marta Zaccaria, Chiara Formentin, Kevin Moore, Sara Montagnese, Ali R. Mani   +8 more
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MELD-GRAIL and MELD-GRAIL-Na Are Not Superior to MELD or MELD-Na in Predicting Liver Transplant Waiting List Mortality at a Single-center Level

Transplantation Direct, 2022
Background. Controversy exists regarding the best predictive model of liver transplant waiting list (WL) mortality. Models for end-stage liver disease–glomerular filtration rate assessment in liver disease (MELD-GRAIL) and MELD-GRAIL-Na were recently ...
John D. Chetwood, MBBS(Dist), DTM&H, Mark V. Wells, BSc, Tatiana Tsoutsman, PhD, Carlo Pulitano, MD, PhD, FRACS, Michael D. Crawford, MBBS, FRACS, M.Med, Ken Liu, BSc(Med), FRACP, Simone I. Strasser, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FAASLD, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FAHMS, Avik Majumdar, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP   +8 more
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