Gender, renal function, and outcomes on the liver transplant waiting list: Assessment of revised MELD including estimated glomerular filtration rate

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 462-470

  Myers, Robert P ^a   Shaheen, Abdel Aziz M ^a   Aspinall, Alexander I ^a   Quinn, Robert R ^b   Burak, Kelly W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kidney function tests; Liver transplantation; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE ALLOCATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXISM;

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79951677253     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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