Aging of Liver Transplant Registrants and Recipients: Trends and Impact on Waitlist Outcomes, Post-Transplantation Outcomes, and Transplant-Related Survival Benefit

Gastroenterology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 441-453.e6

  Su, Feng ^a   Yu, Lei ^b   Berry, Kristin ^c   Liou, Iris W ^b   Landis, Charles S ^b   Rayhill, Stephen C ^b   Reyes, Jorge D ^b   Ioannou, George N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Post Transplantation Outcomes; Transplant Related Survival Benefit; Waitlist Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959509869     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.043     Document Type: Article

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