Patient, center and geographic characteristics of nationally placed livers

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 947-953

  Lai, J C ^a   Roberts, John P ^a   Vittinghoff, E ^b   Terrault, N A ^a   Feng, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Extended criteria donor; Geographic disparity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; SODIUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTASIS; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART DEATH; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859434645     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03962.x     Document Type: Article

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