Galen eCalcs - Calculator: MELD Score for Liver Disease (w/ Na)
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Description
This updated version of the ‘MELD Score for Liver Disease’ accounts for the patient’s sodium level to better categorize patients with cirrhosis to predicted mortality rates.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the MELD Score for Liver Disease (w/Na) calculator:
Specialties
- Critical Care
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Surgery
Anatomical Systems
- Digestive
- Endocrine
- Lymphatic
Calculator Inputs
| Input | Mapping Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Serum Bilirubin | Results | Serum Bilirubin |
| INR | Results | INR |
| Serum Creatinine | Results | Serum Creatinine |
| Dialysis Status | Manual Input | Patient has had dialysis at least twice in the past week |
| Sodium | Results | Sodium |
Calculator Outputs
| Output | Mapping Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MELD Score | Result | Patient’s MELD Score |
| 3 Month Mortality rate | Result | The 3 month mortality rate for patients with similar MELD scores |