Change in model for end-stage liver disease score on the transplant waiting list predicts survival in patients undergoing liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 988-994

  Foxton, Matthew R ^a   Kendrick, Stewart ^a   Sizer, Elizabeth ^a   Muiesan, Paolo ^a   Rela, Mohammed ^a   Wendon, Julia ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   O'Grady, John G ^a   Heneghan, Michael A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognostic models; Survival; Waiting list mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33750591515     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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