Height contributes to the gender difference in wait-list mortality under the MELD-based liver allocation system

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2658-2664

  Lai, J C ^a   Terrault, N A ^a   Vittinghoff, E ^a   Biggins, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; gender disparities; liver transplantation; MELD score; organ allocation; wait list mortality

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BODY HEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78649853608     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03326.x     Document Type: Article

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