What does this liver function test result of an elderly person indicate?
Patient: My wife has a score of 15.8. Her liver doctor said if it goes to 16.? she ll need to go on the transplant list. She s has fibromialgia and is not well most of the time. She s 69 and has memory loss, constant diarrhea, sleeps a lot and bruises at a touch. My question is what is the score called and what does it mean? Doctor: Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.  I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.  The score you have mentioned may be some thing called MELD( model for end stage liver disease). It is calculate based on bilirubin and Creatinine If the values are above 15 we may consider liver transplantation.  Hope I have answered your query.  Let me know if I can assist you further.