Model for End Stage Liver Disease Clinical Classification

Preferred Label : Model for End Stage Liver Disease Clinical Classification;

NCIt synonyms : MELD;

NCIt related terms : MELD01;

NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by Malinchoc et al in 2000, which is a classification system used to assess severity of chronic liver disease and to determine the urgency of a subject needing a liver transplant within the next three months. This instrument uses the values of serum bilirubin and creatinine, and the international normalized ratio for prothrombin time (INR) to predict survival for patients with advanced liver disease.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) (Malinchoc M, Kamath PS, Gordon FD, Peine CJ, Rank J, ter Borg PC (April 2000). A model to predict poor survival in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts. Hepatology 31 (4): 864-71).;

Details

Origin ID

C121008;

UMLS CUI

C4049616;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Model for end-stage liver disease score [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC Clinical Classification Category Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Clinical Classification Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC QRS Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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