Glossary Term

Pediatric End Stage Liver Disease

PELD

A measure of illness severity used in the allocation of livers to pediatric candidates, established in February 2002. The PELD system uses three laboratory values (albumin, bilirubin and INR), a presence of growth failure (at least 2 standard deviations below average height or weight), and an indicator of whether the patient is less than one year of age to calculate a score predictive of the risk of death within three months on the liver waiting list for candidates under the age of 18. See Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD). (OPTN Glossary May 2021)

The scoring system used to measure illness severity in the allocation of livers to pediatric candidates. (OPTN Policy Definitions May 2021)

The scoring system used to measure illness severity in liver transplant candidates. This system is used in the allocation of livers to children. (Alliance Terminology & Data Resources May 2021)