

This week, we released it as an open source framework. One such prognostic model, the Mayo Clinic Model for End- Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, has performed well in a num- ber of settings. MindMeld is the conversational AI platform that powers Webex Assistant and Cisco's web site search. For these reasons, accurate prognostic models of survival in cirrhotic patients are useful to clinicians. 2 Advances in the medical care of patients with CLD and improved outcomes in liver transplantation have made long-term survival in patients who would not otherwise be considered for major surgery quite possible.

While the American College of Surgeons National Related article at Surgical Quality Improve- ment Project Surgical Risk Calculator 1 does not yet incorporate liver disease–specific measures, multiple previous studies have demonstrated the importance of prognostic factors such as Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, serum creatinine level, international normalized ratio, cardiopulmonary comorbidities, and American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class. Mind MELD or Ignore It at Your Peril Invited Commentary Invited Commentary Mind MELD or Ignore It at Your Peril Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD Chronic liver disease (CLD) and its attendant increased risk of operative mortality and morbidity give appropriate pause to many surgeons and patients prior to undertaking any opera- tion, especially an emer- gency. Helping innovative companies from SiliconValley to Vancouver and beyond.
