MODEL score predicts 1-year mortality after liver transplantation in patients with ACLF

WASHINGTON — The Multi-Organ Dysfunction and Evaluation for Liver transplantation, or MODEL, score predicted high probability of mortality in transplant patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure, according to research.

“Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is common and associated with high short-term mortality,” Ruben Hernaez, MD, MPH, PhD, associate professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine, said at The Liver Meeting.  Read more in Healio.