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 Configuration Options
Preference Name | Valid Range | Description |
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Publishing | Checked / Unchecked | When checked, the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end. |
Orderable Item Override | (BLANK) / G-MELDNA | “(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-MELDNA” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the chart output. |
Calculator Inputs
Input | Mapping Type | Description |
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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 |
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MELD Score | Result | Patient’s MELD Score |
3 Month Mortality rate | Result | The 3 month mortality rate for patients with similar MELD scores |