MELD-XI (MELD Excluding INR)

MELD-XI estimates end-stage liver disease severity from bilirubin and creatinine alone, for patients in whom INR is unreliable or unavailable (e.g. on anticoagulant therapy). This is the INR-excluding variant; it is not interchangeable with MELD, MELD-Na, or MELD 3.0.