Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)

March 11, 2016

The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is a reliable measure of mortality risk in patients with end-stage liver disease. It is used as a disease severity index to help prioritize allocation of organs for transplant. These models are for use by medical professionals.

Liver transplant models

Other liver disease models

  • The Alcoholic Liver Disease/Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Index (ANI)
  • MELD score and 90-day mortality rate for alcoholic hepatitis
  • Post-operative Mortality Risk in Patients with Cirrhosis
  • The Model to Estimate Survival In Ambulatory HCC Patients (MESIAH)
  • Probability of Mortality Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts
  • Original MELD model
  • The original PBC model
  • Updated PBC model for prediction of short-term survival
  • New PSC Model
  • A model to predict outcome of liver transplantation for PBC and PSC
  • GALAD Calculator — A model for determining likelihood of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)