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).;
Origin ID : C121008;
UMLS CUI : C4049616;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
