title: Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception for portal hypertensive gastrointestinal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sheiner
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Gish
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanyal
mesh_terms: D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008954:Models, Biological; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement