Value of the preoperative SOFT-score, P-SOFT-score, SALT-score and labMELD-score for the prediction of short-term patient and graft survival of high-risk liver transplant recipients with a pre-transplant labMELD-score ≥30

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Reichert, Benedikt ^a   Becker, Thomas ^b   Weismüller, Tobias J ^a   Kleine, Moritz ^a   Zachau, Lea ^a   Johanning, Kai ^a   Lehner, Frank ^a   Klempnauer, Jürgen ^a   Schrem, Harald ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Mortality; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION SCORE;

EID: 84863543237     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/aot.883218     Document Type: Article

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