Role of MELD score and serum creatinine as prognostic tools for the development of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation.

Role of MELD score and serum creatinine as prognostic tools for the development of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation.

<h4>Background</h4>The role of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score in predicting complications, such as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has yet to be evaluated and serum creatinine may be too heavily weighted in the existing MELD for...

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Main Authors: Thiago Gomes Romano, Ivana Schmidtbauer, Fernanda Maria de Queiroz Silva, Carlos Eduardo Pompilio, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque, Etienne Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23717537/pdf/?tool=EBI

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