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* Patients with decompensated [[cirrhosis]] (having complications such as [[encephalopathy]], [[ascites]], [[Esophageal varices|variceal]] [[Bleeding|hemorrhage]], [[hepatorenal syndrome]] or compromised [[Liver|hepatic]] function) are treated with [[liver transplantation]].<ref name="pmid15834937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alessandria C, Ozdogan O, Guevara M, Restuccia T, Jiménez W, Arroyo V, Rodés J, Ginès P |title=MELD score and clinical type predict prognosis in hepatorenal syndrome: relevance to liver transplantation |journal=Hepatology |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=1282–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15834937 |doi=10.1002/hep.20687 |url=}}</ref>
* Patients with decompensated [[cirrhosis]] (having complications such as [[encephalopathy]], [[ascites]], [[Esophageal varices|variceal]] [[Bleeding|hemorrhage]], [[hepatorenal syndrome]] or compromised [[Liver|hepatic]] function) are treated with [[liver transplantation]].<ref name="pmid15834937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alessandria C, Ozdogan O, Guevara M, Restuccia T, Jiménez W, Arroyo V, Rodés J, Ginès P |title=MELD score and clinical type predict prognosis in hepatorenal syndrome: relevance to liver transplantation |journal=Hepatology |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=1282–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15834937 |doi=10.1002/hep.20687 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Liver transplantation]] may be carried out after assessment of the patient’s quality of life, absence of contraindications and disease severity.<ref name="pmid18190658">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schaubel DE, Sima CS, Goodrich NP, Feng S, Merion RM |title=The survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation as a function of candidate disease severity and donor quality |journal=Am. J. Transplant. |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=419–25 |year=2008 |pmid=18190658 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02086.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19009713">{{cite journal |vauthors=Volk ML, Lok AS, Pelletier SJ, Ubel PA, Hayward RA |title=Impact of the model for end-stage liver disease allocation policy on the use of high-risk organs for liver transplantation |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=135 |issue=5 |pages=1568–74 |year=2008 |pmid=19009713 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14999695">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kremers WK, van IJperen M, Kim WR, Freeman RB, Harper AM, Kamath PS, Wiesner RH |title=MELD score as a predictor of pretransplant and posttransplant survival in OPTN/UNOS status 1 patients |journal=Hepatology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=764–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14999695 |doi=10.1002/hep.20083 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17326205">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmidt LE, Larsen FS |title=MELD score as a predictor of liver failure and death in patients with acetaminophen-induced liver injury |journal=Hepatology |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=789–96 |year=2007 |pmid=17326205 |doi=10.1002/hep.21503 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21898487">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sharma P, Schaubel DE, Gong Q, Guidinger M, Merion RM |title=End-stage liver disease candidates at the highest model for end-stage liver disease scores have higher wait-list mortality than status-1A candidates |journal=Hepatology |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=192–8 |year=2012 |pmid=21898487 |pmc=3235236 |doi=10.1002/hep.24632 |url=}}</ref>  
* [[Liver transplantation]] may be carried out after assessment of the patient’s quality of life, absence of contraindications and disease severity.<ref name="pmid18190658">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schaubel DE, Sima CS, Goodrich NP, Feng S, Merion RM |title=The survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation as a function of candidate disease severity and donor quality |journal=Am. J. Transplant. |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=419–25 |year=2008 |pmid=18190658 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02086.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19009713">{{cite journal |vauthors=Volk ML, Lok AS, Pelletier SJ, Ubel PA, Hayward RA |title=Impact of the model for end-stage liver disease allocation policy on the use of high-risk organs for liver transplantation |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=135 |issue=5 |pages=1568–74 |year=2008 |pmid=19009713 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14999695">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kremers WK, van IJperen M, Kim WR, Freeman RB, Harper AM, Kamath PS, Wiesner RH |title=MELD score as a predictor of pretransplant and posttransplant survival in OPTN/UNOS status 1 patients |journal=Hepatology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=764–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14999695 |doi=10.1002/hep.20083 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17326205">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmidt LE, Larsen FS |title=MELD score as a predictor of liver failure and death in patients with acetaminophen-induced liver injury |journal=Hepatology |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=789–96 |year=2007 |pmid=17326205 |doi=10.1002/hep.21503 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21898487">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sharma P, Schaubel DE, Gong Q, Guidinger M, Merion RM |title=End-stage liver disease candidates at the highest model for end-stage liver disease scores have higher wait-list mortality than status-1A candidates |journal=Hepatology |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=192–8 |year=2012 |pmid=21898487 |pmc=3235236 |doi=10.1002/hep.24632 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16244547">{{cite journal |vauthors=Foley DP, Fernandez LA, Leverson G, Chin LT, Krieger N, Cooper JT, Shames BD, Becker YT, Odorico JS, Knechtle SJ, Sollinger HW, Kalayoglu M, D'Alessandro AM |title=Donation after cardiac death: the University of Wisconsin experience with liver transplantation |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=242 |issue=5 |pages=724–31 |year=2005 |pmid=16244547 |pmc=1409855 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
* The evaluation of a [[patient]] with [[cirrhosis]] for transplantation begins once the [[MELD Score|MELD score]] is >10. This provides an adequate window for pre-transplanation evaluation.<ref name="pmid15834937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alessandria C, Ozdogan O, Guevara M, Restuccia T, Jiménez W, Arroyo V, Rodés J, Ginès P |title=MELD score and clinical type predict prognosis in hepatorenal syndrome: relevance to liver transplantation |journal=Hepatology |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=1282–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15834937 |doi=10.1002/hep.20687 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14999695">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kremers WK, van IJperen M, Kim WR, Freeman RB, Harper AM, Kamath PS, Wiesner RH |title=MELD score as a predictor of pretransplant and posttransplant survival in OPTN/UNOS status 1 patients |journal=Hepatology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=764–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14999695 |doi=10.1002/hep.20083 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17326205">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmidt LE, Larsen FS |title=MELD score as a predictor of liver failure and death in patients with acetaminophen-induced liver injury |journal=Hepatology |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=789–96 |year=2007 |pmid=17326205 |doi=10.1002/hep.21503 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15158328">{{cite journal |vauthors=Said A, Williams J, Holden J, Remington P, Gangnon R, Musat A, Lucey MR |title=Model for end stage liver disease score predicts mortality across a broad spectrum of liver disease |journal=J. Hepatol. |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=897–903 |year=2004 |pmid=15158328 |doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2004.02.010 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18250126">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bambha K, Kim WR, Pedersen R, Bida JP, Kremers WK, Kamath PS |title=Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis |journal=Gut |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=814–20 |year=2008 |pmid=18250126 |doi=10.1136/gut.2007.137489 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24148622">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reverter E, Tandon P, Augustin S, Turon F, Casu S, Bastiampillai R, Keough A, Llop E, González A, Seijo S, Berzigotti A, Ma M, Genescà J, Bosch J, García-Pagán JC, Abraldes JG |title=A MELD-based model to determine risk of mortality among patients with acute variceal bleeding |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=146 |issue=2 |pages=412–19.e3 |year=2014 |pmid=24148622 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.018 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21576598">{{cite journal |vauthors=Inaba K, Barmparas G, Resnick S, Browder T, Chan LS, Lam L, Talving P, Demetriades D |title=The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score: an independent prognostic factor of mortality in injured cirrhotic patients |journal=Arch Surg |volume=146 |issue=9 |pages=1074–8 |year=2011 |pmid=21576598 |doi=10.1001/archsurg.2011.109 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11981782">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chalasani N, Kahi C, Francois F, Pinto A, Marathe A, Bini EJ, Pandya P, Sitaraman S, Shen J |title=Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) for predicting mortality in patients with acute variceal bleeding |journal=Hepatology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=1282–4 |year=2002 |pmid=11981782 |doi=10.1053/jhep.2002.32532 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15885352">{{cite journal |vauthors=Amitrano L, Guardascione MA, Bennato R, Manguso F, Balzano A |title=MELD score and hepatocellular carcinoma identify patients at different risk of short-term mortality among cirrhotics bleeding from esophageal varices |journal=J. Hepatol. |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=820–5 |year=2005 |pmid=15885352 |doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2005.01.021 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23563127">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kim MS, Kato TS, Farr M, Wu C, Givens RC, Collado E, Mancini DM, Schulze PC |title=Hepatic dysfunction in ambulatory patients with heart failure: application of the MELD scoring system for outcome prediction |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=61 |issue=22 |pages=2253–2261 |year=2013 |pmid=23563127 |pmc=3939720 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.056 |url=}}</ref>  
* The evaluation of a [[patient]] with [[cirrhosis]] for transplantation begins once the [[MELD Score|MELD score]] is >10. This provides an adequate window for pre-transplanation evaluation.<ref name="pmid15834937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alessandria C, Ozdogan O, Guevara M, Restuccia T, Jiménez W, Arroyo V, Rodés J, Ginès P |title=MELD score and clinical type predict prognosis in hepatorenal syndrome: relevance to liver transplantation |journal=Hepatology |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=1282–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15834937 |doi=10.1002/hep.20687 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14999695">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kremers WK, van IJperen M, Kim WR, Freeman RB, Harper AM, Kamath PS, Wiesner RH |title=MELD score as a predictor of pretransplant and posttransplant survival in OPTN/UNOS status 1 patients |journal=Hepatology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=764–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14999695 |doi=10.1002/hep.20083 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17326205">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmidt LE, Larsen FS |title=MELD score as a predictor of liver failure and death in patients with acetaminophen-induced liver injury |journal=Hepatology |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=789–96 |year=2007 |pmid=17326205 |doi=10.1002/hep.21503 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15158328">{{cite journal |vauthors=Said A, Williams J, Holden J, Remington P, Gangnon R, Musat A, Lucey MR |title=Model for end stage liver disease score predicts mortality across a broad spectrum of liver disease |journal=J. Hepatol. |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=897–903 |year=2004 |pmid=15158328 |doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2004.02.010 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18250126">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bambha K, Kim WR, Pedersen R, Bida JP, Kremers WK, Kamath PS |title=Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis |journal=Gut |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=814–20 |year=2008 |pmid=18250126 |doi=10.1136/gut.2007.137489 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24148622">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reverter E, Tandon P, Augustin S, Turon F, Casu S, Bastiampillai R, Keough A, Llop E, González A, Seijo S, Berzigotti A, Ma M, Genescà J, Bosch J, García-Pagán JC, Abraldes JG |title=A MELD-based model to determine risk of mortality among patients with acute variceal bleeding |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=146 |issue=2 |pages=412–19.e3 |year=2014 |pmid=24148622 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.018 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21576598">{{cite journal |vauthors=Inaba K, Barmparas G, Resnick S, Browder T, Chan LS, Lam L, Talving P, Demetriades D |title=The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score: an independent prognostic factor of mortality in injured cirrhotic patients |journal=Arch Surg |volume=146 |issue=9 |pages=1074–8 |year=2011 |pmid=21576598 |doi=10.1001/archsurg.2011.109 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11981782">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chalasani N, Kahi C, Francois F, Pinto A, Marathe A, Bini EJ, Pandya P, Sitaraman S, Shen J |title=Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) for predicting mortality in patients with acute variceal bleeding |journal=Hepatology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=1282–4 |year=2002 |pmid=11981782 |doi=10.1053/jhep.2002.32532 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15885352">{{cite journal |vauthors=Amitrano L, Guardascione MA, Bennato R, Manguso F, Balzano A |title=MELD score and hepatocellular carcinoma identify patients at different risk of short-term mortality among cirrhotics bleeding from esophageal varices |journal=J. Hepatol. |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=820–5 |year=2005 |pmid=15885352 |doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2005.01.021 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23563127">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kim MS, Kato TS, Farr M, Wu C, Givens RC, Collado E, Mancini DM, Schulze PC |title=Hepatic dysfunction in ambulatory patients with heart failure: application of the MELD scoring system for outcome prediction |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=61 |issue=22 |pages=2253–2261 |year=2013 |pmid=23563127 |pmc=3939720 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.056 |url=}}</ref>  
* [[Patient|Patients]] typically become candidates for [[liver transplantation]] once the [[MELD Score|MELD score]] is  ≥15, but this may not leave enough time for [[patient]] education and counseling, especially in cases where [[hepatic encephalopathy]] sets in. <ref name="pmid14755772">{{cite journal |vauthors=Freeman RB, Wiesner RH, Edwards E, Harper A, Merion R, Wolfe R |title=Results of the first year of the new liver allocation plan |journal=Liver Transpl. |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=7–15 |year=2004 |pmid=14755772 |doi=10.1002/lt.20024 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23775946">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cejas NG, Villamil FG, Lendoire JC, Tagliafichi V, Lopez A, Krogh DH, Soratti CA, Bisigniano L |title=Improved waiting-list outcomes in Argentina after the adoption of a model for end-stage liver disease-based liver allocation policy |journal=Liver Transpl. |volume=19 |issue=7 |pages=711–20 |year=2013 |pmid=23775946 |doi=10.1002/lt.23665 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Patient|Patients]] typically become candidates for [[liver transplantation]] once the [[MELD Score|MELD score]] is  ≥15, but this may not leave enough time for [[patient]] education and counseling, especially in cases where [[hepatic encephalopathy]] sets in. <ref name="pmid14755772">{{cite journal |vauthors=Freeman RB, Wiesner RH, Edwards E, Harper A, Merion R, Wolfe R |title=Results of the first year of the new liver allocation plan |journal=Liver Transpl. |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=7–15 |year=2004 |pmid=14755772 |doi=10.1002/lt.20024 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23775946">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cejas NG, Villamil FG, Lendoire JC, Tagliafichi V, Lopez A, Krogh DH, Soratti CA, Bisigniano L |title=Improved waiting-list outcomes in Argentina after the adoption of a model for end-stage liver disease-based liver allocation policy |journal=Liver Transpl. |volume=19 |issue=7 |pages=711–20 |year=2013 |pmid=23775946 |doi=10.1002/lt.23665 |url=}}</ref>
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* [[Pruritis]], which may be associated with [[cirrhosis]], is typically cleared up post-surgery.
* [[Pruritis]], which may be associated with [[cirrhosis]], is typically cleared up post-surgery.
;Survival
;Survival
* [[Liver transplantation]] may have a significant effect on the long term survival of the [[patient]].<ref name="pmid22030293">{{cite journal |vauthors=Salpeter SR, Luo EJ, Malter DS, Stuart B |title=Systematic review of noncancer presentations with a median survival of 6 months or less |journal=Am. J. Med. |volume=125 |issue=5 |pages=512.e1–6 |year=2012 |pmid=22030293 |doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.028 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Liver transplantation]] may have a significant effect on the long term survival of the [[patient]].<ref name="pmid22030293">{{cite journal |vauthors=Salpeter SR, Luo EJ, Malter DS, Stuart B |title=Systematic review of noncancer presentations with a median survival of 6 months or less |journal=Am. J. Med. |volume=125 |issue=5 |pages=512.e1–6 |year=2012 |pmid=22030293 |doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.028 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26161590">{{cite journal |vauthors=Askgaard G, Tolstrup JS, Gerds TA, Hamberg O, Zierau L, Kjær MS |title=Predictors of heavy drinking after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease in Denmark (1990-2013): a nationwide study with competing risks analyses |journal=Scand. J. Gastroenterol. |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=225–35 |year=2016 |pmid=26161590 |doi=10.3109/00365521.2015.1067903 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15382215">{{cite journal |vauthors=Merion RM |title=When is a patient too well and when is a patient too sick for a liver transplant? |journal=Liver Transpl. |volume=10 |issue=10 Suppl 2 |pages=S69–73 |year=2004 |pmid=15382215 |doi=10.1002/lt.20265 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14685105">{{cite journal |vauthors=Abt PL, Desai NM, Crawford MD, Forman LM, Markmann JW, Olthoff KM, Markmann JF |title=Survival following liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=239 |issue=1 |pages=87–92 |year=2004 |pmid=14685105 |pmc=1356197 |doi=10.1097/01.sla.0000103063.82181.2c |url=}}</ref>
* The overall [[Survival rate|survival rates]] of patients have demonstrated a significant increase in [[Patient|patients]] post [[Liver transplantation|transplantation]]. The overall post-surgical [[survival rate]] at 1,5 and 10 years  is 87%,80%, and 67% respectively.<ref name="pmid11124816">{{cite journal |author=Liermann Garcia RF, Evangelista Garcia C, McMaster P, Neuberger J |title=Transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis: retrospective analysis of 400 patients in a single center |journal=[[Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)]] |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=22–7 |year=2001 |month=January |pmid=11124816 |doi=10.1053/jhep.2001.20894 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2001.20894 |accessdate=2012-09-06}}</ref>
* The overall [[Survival rate|survival rates]] of patients have demonstrated a significant increase in [[Patient|patients]] post [[Liver transplantation|transplantation]]. The overall post-surgical [[survival rate]] at 1,5 and 10 years  is 87%,80%, and 67% respectively.<ref name="pmid11124816">{{cite journal |author=Liermann Garcia RF, Evangelista Garcia C, McMaster P, Neuberger J |title=Transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis: retrospective analysis of 400 patients in a single center |journal=[[Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)]] |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=22–7 |year=2001 |month=January |pmid=11124816 |doi=10.1053/jhep.2001.20894 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2001.20894 |accessdate=2012-09-06}}</ref>



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Typically for a patient with progressed cirrhosis of the liver, transplantation may be the only viable treatment. If transplantation is not possible or desired, a patient may undergo the TIPS procedure which has demonstrated a great deal of success.

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  • Complications of TIPS include puncture and dilation of the portal vein, hematoma at the puncture site and thrombosis of the stent that is placed in the hepatic vein during the procedure.[29]
  • It is more difficult to perform liver transplantation after a patient has already undergone the TIPS procedure. Inserting a shunt into the liver needs to be exceedingly precise in patients that have the possibility of obtaining a new liver. In transplant cases, patient and graft survival is worse in individuals that previously had a shunt placed in the hepatic vein.[28]
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alessandria C, Ozdogan O, Guevara M, Restuccia T, Jiménez W, Arroyo V, Rodés J, Ginès P (2005). "MELD score and clinical type predict prognosis in hepatorenal syndrome: relevance to liver transplantation". Hepatology. 41 (6): 1282–9. doi:10.1002/hep.20687. PMID 15834937.
  2. Schaubel DE, Sima CS, Goodrich NP, Feng S, Merion RM (2008). "The survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation as a function of candidate disease severity and donor quality". Am. J. Transplant. 8 (2): 419–25. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02086.x. PMID 18190658.
  3. Volk ML, Lok AS, Pelletier SJ, Ubel PA, Hayward RA (2008). "Impact of the model for end-stage liver disease allocation policy on the use of high-risk organs for liver transplantation". Gastroenterology. 135 (5): 1568–74. PMID 19009713.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kremers WK, van IJperen M, Kim WR, Freeman RB, Harper AM, Kamath PS, Wiesner RH (2004). "MELD score as a predictor of pretransplant and posttransplant survival in OPTN/UNOS status 1 patients". Hepatology. 39 (3): 764–9. doi:10.1002/hep.20083. PMID 14999695.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Schmidt LE, Larsen FS (2007). "MELD score as a predictor of liver failure and death in patients with acetaminophen-induced liver injury". Hepatology. 45 (3): 789–96. doi:10.1002/hep.21503. PMID 17326205.
  6. Sharma P, Schaubel DE, Gong Q, Guidinger M, Merion RM (2012). "End-stage liver disease candidates at the highest model for end-stage liver disease scores have higher wait-list mortality than status-1A candidates". Hepatology. 55 (1): 192–8. doi:10.1002/hep.24632. PMC 3235236. PMID 21898487.
  7. Foley DP, Fernandez LA, Leverson G, Chin LT, Krieger N, Cooper JT, Shames BD, Becker YT, Odorico JS, Knechtle SJ, Sollinger HW, Kalayoglu M, D'Alessandro AM (2005). "Donation after cardiac death: the University of Wisconsin experience with liver transplantation". Ann. Surg. 242 (5): 724–31. PMC 1409855. PMID 16244547.
  8. Said A, Williams J, Holden J, Remington P, Gangnon R, Musat A, Lucey MR (2004). "Model for end stage liver disease score predicts mortality across a broad spectrum of liver disease". J. Hepatol. 40 (6): 897–903. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2004.02.010. PMID 15158328.
  9. Bambha K, Kim WR, Pedersen R, Bida JP, Kremers WK, Kamath PS (2008). "Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis". Gut. 57 (6): 814–20. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.137489. PMID 18250126.
  10. Reverter E, Tandon P, Augustin S, Turon F, Casu S, Bastiampillai R, Keough A, Llop E, González A, Seijo S, Berzigotti A, Ma M, Genescà J, Bosch J, García-Pagán JC, Abraldes JG (2014). "A MELD-based model to determine risk of mortality among patients with acute variceal bleeding". Gastroenterology. 146 (2): 412–19.e3. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.018. PMID 24148622.
  11. Inaba K, Barmparas G, Resnick S, Browder T, Chan LS, Lam L, Talving P, Demetriades D (2011). "The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score: an independent prognostic factor of mortality in injured cirrhotic patients". Arch Surg. 146 (9): 1074–8. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2011.109. PMID 21576598.
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