Publications by authors named "Alfeude Medeiros Fleck Junior"
Article Synopsis
- A systematic bias in the allocation of liver transplants has been identified, affecting women due to standard creatinine measurements, which underestimate their renal function compared to men.
- Researchers studied 639 female and male candidates for liver transplantation and applied the MDRD formula to adjust creatinine levels for gender.
- The study found that while correcting creatinine levels increased MELD scores for women slightly, both genders had similar survival rates and chances of receiving a transplant within 3 and 6 months, indicating that the correction did not enhance the predictive accuracy of the MELD score.
