MELD and MELDNa Scores as Predictors of Short term Prognosis in patients with End Stage liver disease

Objectives: to assess the clinical use of meld and meldna scores as a predictor of short term prognosis in patients with cirrhosis in our population. study design: cross-sectional survey. settings: medical unit iv,services hospital lahore,pakistan. duration: june,2009 to may,2010 results: a total of 300 patients were included. all of them had end stage liver disease. patients were admitted through emergency and outpatient department. meld and meld na score were calculated at the time of admission. the average meld,meld-na of survival group was 13.8±8.959,14.55±8.78 respectively,and those of dead group were 20.1387±10.02,21.25±10.21 on admission. there was a significant difference in meld and meld -na between the dead and survival group (p-value=0.00) conclusion: meld and meld -na score are equally good to predict short term prognosis i.e. at 3 months in patients with end stage liver disease.