A Share 21 model in liver transplantation: Impact on waitlist outcomes

With the introduction of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease‐Sodium (MELD‐Na)–based allocation, the score at which patients benefit from liver transplantation (LT) has shifted from a score of 15 to 21. This study aimed to evaluate waitlist outcomes in patients with MELD‐Na scores

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2020-08, Vol.20 (8), p.2184-2197
Hauptverfasser:	Nagai, Shunji, Chau, Lucy C., Kitajima, Toshihiro, Yeddula, Sirisha, Collins, Kelly, Rizzari, Michael, Yoshida, Atsushi, Abouljoud, Marwan S., Moonka, Dilip
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Clinical decision making Clinical outcomes clinical research/practice Decision making donors and donation: deceased End Stage Liver Disease - surgery Humans liver disease Liver diseases Liver Transplantation liver transplantation/hepatology Liver transplants Medical waiting lists organ procurement and allocation Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Severity of Illness Index Tissue and Organ Procurement United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Waiting Lists waitlist management
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Zusammenfassung:	With the introduction of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease‐Sodium (MELD‐Na)–based allocation, the score at which patients benefit from liver transplantation (LT) has shifted from a score of 15 to 21. This study aimed to evaluate waitlist outcomes in patients with MELD‐Na scores
ISSN:	1600-6135 1600-6143
DOI:	10.1111/ajt.15836