Re: Evidence-based incorporation of serum sodium concentration into MELD.

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Thanks for posting this Barb.This is important. I wonder how long it might be before this is actually done?LeeGastroenterology. 2006 May;130(6):1652-60.  Evidence-based incorporation of serum sodium concentration into MELD.Biggins SW, Kim WR, Terrault NA, Saab S, Balan V, Schiano T, Benson J,Therneau T, Kremers W, Wiesner R, Kamath P, Klintmalm G.University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.of the transplant recipients. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate an evidence-based method to incorporate Na into MELD, which provides more accurate survival prediction than MELD alone.