title: Utility of MELD and Child-Turcotte-Pugh scores and the Canadian waitlisting algorithm in predicting short-term survival after liver transplant.
authors.affiliation: Atlantic Liver Transplantation Program, Department of Medicine, Capital District Health Authority and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
authors.forename: Salem M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bazarah
authors.forename: Kevork M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Peltekian
authors.forename: Vivian C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bitter-Suermann
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014850:Waiting Lists