Trends in Characteristics of Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation Will Lead to Higher Rates of Waitlist Removal Due to Clinical Deterioration

Transplantation

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2368-2374

  Yi, Zinan ^a   Mayorga, Maria E ^b   Orman, Eric S ^c   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^d   Hayashi, Paul H ^e   Barritt, A Sidney ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DROPOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031685354     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001851     Document Type: Article

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