Pediatric end-stage liver disease

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Pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) is a disease severity scoring system for children under 18 years of age. It is calculated from the patient's albumin, bilirubin, and international normalized ratio (INR) together with the patient's age and degree of growth failure. This score is also used by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for prioritizing allocation of liver transplants.

[edit] See also

• PELD Calculator
• Liver transplantation
• MELD