Risk Factors for High Mortality on the Liver Transplant Waiting List in Times of Organ Shortage: A Single-Center Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS Consideration of independent risk factors of mortality within the MELD-based allocation system potentially improves assessment of individual urgency and might improve utilization of available organs.
PMID: 31048668 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Transplantation - May 2, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Husen P, Hornung J, Benko T, Klein C, Willuweit K, Buechter M, Saner FH, Paul A, Treckmann JW, Hoyer DP Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research