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PELD score (2002 formula) — pediatric end-stage liver disease

SupersededHepatology·6 inputs·1 reference

Published 2002.

This is an older version kept for comparison. The current version is PELD-Cr score (OPTN 2023 pediatric end-stage liver disease, with creatinine).

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References

  1. McDiarmid SV, Anand R, Lindblad AS; Principal Investigators and Institutions of the Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) Research Group. Development of a pediatric end-stage liver disease score to predict poor outcome in children awaiting liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2002;74:173-181. Search PubMed
Implementation notes

Superseded by peld_cr (OPTN Policy 9.1.E, built 2026-10-11).

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