title: Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception guidelines: results and recommendations from the MELD Exception Study Group and Conference (MESSAGE) for the approval of patients who need liver transplantation with diseases not considered by the standard MELD formula.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Gish
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vierling
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lieblein
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klintmalm
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blazek
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Punch
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000601:surgery; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006960:Hyperoxaluria, Primary / Q000601:surgery; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008954:Models, Biological; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement