MELD Score
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Creatinine
unit mg/dL µmol/L
Billirubin
unit mg/dL µmol/L
INR
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MELD Score
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MELD Score

MELD Score =
[(0.957 × log e (Creatinine))
+ (0.378 × log e (Billirubin))
+ (1.12 × log e (INR))] + 6.43

Where, Creatinine is in mg/dL
Bilirubin is in mg/dL

The MELD score for each liver transplant candidate derived from this calculation shall be rounded to the tenth decimal place and then multiplied by 10.

References:

  1. Wikipedia Website: It is listed that Any value less than one is given a value of 1 (i.e. if bilirubin is 0.8, a value of 1.0 is used). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_for_End-Stage_Liver_Disease
  2. UNOS website: Rounding of any value less than 1 is set to 1. There is also a question related to Dialysis which is also included in the calculator http://www.unos.org/resources/MeldPeldCalculator.asp?index=98