D-MELD, a simple predictor of post liver transplant mortality for optimization of donor/recipient matching

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Halldorson, J B ^a   Bakthavatsalam, R ^a   Fix, O ^a   Reyes, J D ^a   Perkins, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor risk factors; Liver transplantation; Scoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849155970     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02491.x     Document Type: Article

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