Waiting time, not donor-risk-index, is a major determinant for beneficial outcome after liver transplantation in high-MELD patients

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 243-247

  Rauchfuss, Falk ^a   Zidan, Ahmed ^a   Scheuerlein, Hubert ^a   Dittmar, Yves ^a   Bauschke, Astrid ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marginal donor; MELD score; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAITING TIME;

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84887222288     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.883924     Document Type: Article

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