Model of end stage liver disease (MELD) score greater than 23 predicts length of stay in the ICU but not mortality in liver transplant recipients.

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Published in Crit Care on June 15, 2010

Authors

Christian E Oberkofler1, Philipp Dutkowski, Reto Stocker, Reto A Schuepbach, John F Stover, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Markus Béchir

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1: Department of Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, Zürich 8091, Switzerland. christian.oberkofler@usz.ch

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