MELD is MELD is MELD? Transplant center–level variation in waitlist mortality for candidates with the same biological MELD

Recently, model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD)‐based liver allocation in the United States has been questioned based on concerns that waitlist mortality for a given biologic MELD (bMELD), calculated using laboratory values alone, might be higher at certain centers in certain locations across the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2021-10, Vol.21 (10), p.3305-3311
Hauptverfasser:	Ishaque, Tanveen, Kernodle, Amber B., Motter, Jennifer D., Jackson, Kyle R., Chiang, Teresa P., Getsin, Samantha, Boyarsky, Brian J., Garonzik‐Wang, Jacqueline, Gentry, Sommer E., Segev, Dorry L., Massie, Allan B.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blood & organ donations donors and donation: deceased End Stage Liver Disease - surgery ethics and public policy health services and outcomes research Humans Liver cirrhosis Liver diseases Liver Transplantation liver transplantation/hepatology Liver transplants Medical ethics Medical waiting lists Mortality organ allocation organ procurement and allocation Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) organ procurement organization organ transplantation in general Resource management Severity of Illness Index Tissue and Organ Procurement Variation Waiting Lists waitlist management
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