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Didier Samuel

Researcher at Université Paris-Saclay

Publications -  716
Citations -  38221

Didier Samuel is an academic researcher from Université Paris-Saclay. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liver transplantation & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 669 publications receiving 33585 citations. Previous affiliations of Didier Samuel include University of Paris-Sud & South University.

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A Critical Review of MELD as a Reliable Tool for Transplant Prioritization.

TL;DR: The MELD score is not perfect: its variables may have disadvantages for some patients, especially women, with serum creatinine and interlaboratory variability of the INR, and it does not accurately reflect the prognosis of several conditions, requiring a MELD exception system.
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MELD–Na as a prognostic score for cirrhotic patients: Hyponatremia and ascites are back in the game

TL;DR: This population-wide study shows that the MELD score and the serum sodium concentration are important predictors of survival among candidates for liver transplantation.