The utility of the model for end-stage liver disease score: A reliable guide for liver transplant candidacy and, for select patients, simultaneous hospice referral

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1100-1106

  Medici, Valentina ^a   Rossaro, Lorenzo ^a   Wegelin, Jacob A ^b   Kamboj, Amit ^a   Nakai, Junko ^a   Fisher, Kelli ^a   Meyers, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49649118226     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21398     Document Type: Article

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