Short-term postliver transplant survival after the introduction of MELD scores for organ allocation in the United States

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 536-541

  Yoo, Hwan Y ^a,b   Thuluvath, Paul J ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; MELD; UN OS

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20844455781     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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