Survival benefit of accepting livers from deceased donors over 70 years old

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 2020-2028

  Haugen, Christine E ^a   Bowring, Mary G ^a   Holscher, Courtenay M ^a   Jackson, Kyle R ^a   Garonzik Wang, Jacqueline ^a   Cameron, Andrew M ^a   Philosophe, Benjamin ^a   McAdams DeMarco, Mara ^a,b   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical research practice; donors and donation: deceased; donors and donation: extended criteria; liver transplantation hepatology; organ acceptance; Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEASED DONOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DONOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGE; CADAVER; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS;

EID: 85060576617     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15250     Document Type: Article

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