A member asked:

My mother is 57 having corrhosis-c stage her billubirum is 2.5 n little ascites, but urine output is normal. her legs strength is reduced n she can't have food properly, she is mentally stable. can we go for transplantation for our mother?

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See below: There is a scoring system called meld score (calculated based on bloodwork results: billirubin, creatinine and inr) that is used to allocate donor livers for transplantation and it also has a prognostic value. Ask your mother's GI doctor to calculate her meld score. If it is 10 or higher she can be referred to a transplant center for an evaluation.

Answered 6/10/2014

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