The transplant clinic nurse is conducting a pretransplant education session for patients being evaluated for liver transplantation.Which statement by the nurse provides the best explanation of the numeric system used to classify the severity of a patient's liver disease?

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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)score uses the patient's serum creatinine,international normalized ratio (INR)for prothrombin time,and serum bilirubin to predict survival.The MELD score measures the severity of liver disease.
Higher calculated MELD scores indicate a more critically ill patient.MELD exception points may be generated by the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),worsening hypoxemia,ascites,or other consequences of liver disease.

The Transplant Clinic Nurse Is Conducting a Pretransplant Education Session