Preferred Label : Model for End Stage Liver Disease - Serum Na 2008 Clinical Classification;
NCIt related terms : MELD02; MELDNA 2008;
NCIt definition : A standardized scoring system, published by Kim et al. in 2008, that combines the
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score with serum sodium (Na) concentration
to assess disease severity and increase the accuracy of predicting mortality in patients
with end-stage liver disease.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Model for End Stage Liver Disease - Serum Na 2008 (MELDNA 2008) (Kim WR, Biggins
SW, Kremers WK, Wiesner RH, Kamath PS, Benson JT, Edwards E, Therneau TM. Hyponatremia
and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list. N Engl J Med. 2008
Sep 4;359(10):1018-26). CDISC believes this instrument to be in the public domain,
but you should perform your own assessment.;
Origin ID : C214243;
concept_is_in_subset
