MELD Score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) is a system used to measure the severity of damage liver and the likelihood of survival of patients awaiting. This scoring system uses the patient’s values for Bilirubin, Creatinine, and INR (International Normalized Ratio for Prothrombin Time) to calculate mortality risk in patients with end-stage liver disease.

MELD Score can be calculated using the formula: MELD = 3.78 × ln [Bilirubin (mg/dL)] + 11.2 × ln [INR] + 9.57 × ln [Creatinine (mg/dL)] + 6.43

Below is the mortality estimation for the calculated MELD Scores:

40 or more — 71.3% mortality 30–39 — 52.6% mortality 20–29 — 19.6% mortality 10–19 — 6.0% mortality