MELD-Na
End-stage liver disease severity with sodium (UNOS 2016).
Inputs
0 of 4Stable value
mEq/L
Dialysis twice in past week
Patient values are shared with every calculator.
When to use
- Cirrhosis prognosis.
Pearls and pitfalls
- OPTN moved to MELD 3.0 for allocation in 2023; MELD-Na remains widely used clinically.
- Creatinine is set to 4 if dialysis twice in the past week.
Why use
Shows every bound applied.
- where
- Cr
- Creatinine, mg/dL (1 to 4)
- Bili
- Bilirubin, mg/dL (minimum 1)
- INR
- Minimum 1
- Na
- Sodium, mEq/L (125 to 137)
The sodium term applies only when MELD is above 11.