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Model for end-stage liver disease, also known as the MELD score, is the most commonly discussed topic when meeting with our liver transplant waiting list patients. Discussing the MELD score is the most anxiety provoking part of any conversation that we have with our patients.
The higher the MELD score the sicker the patient, and the higher on the transplant waiting list. UT Southwest Medicine reports livers are only matched for blood type (A, B, O, AB) and size.Unlike other organs, special tissue typing is not necessary to determine which liver donor makes the best match.ELD scores range from 0-40 or greater. On the waiting list, all liver patients and their MELD scores are reassessed and re-certified on a frequent basis. In this video, Dr. Joe Galati, a Liver Specialist in Houston, discusses how the MELD score is calculated, and how MELD exception points are calculated.