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It uses the patient's values for serum bilirubin, serum creatinine, and the international normalized ratio for prothrombin time (INR) to predict survival. This score is also used by the United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS) for prioritizing allocation of Liver Transplants .

It is calculated according to the following formula:

MELD = 3.8 serum bilirubin (mg/dL) + 11.2 INR + 9.6 serum creatinine (mg/dL) + 6.4


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