MELD as a metric for survival benefit of liver transplantation

Currently, there is debate among the liver transplant community regarding the most appropriate mechanism for organ allocation: urgency‐based (MELD) versus utility‐based (survival benefit). We hypothesize that MELD and survival benefit are closely associated, and therefore, our current MELD‐based all...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2018-05, Vol.18 (5), p.1231-1237
Hauptverfasser:	Luo, Xun, Leanza, Joseph, Massie, Allan B., Garonzik‐Wang, Jacqueline M., Haugen, Christine E., Gentry, Sommer E., Ottmann, Shane E., Segev, Dorry L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	classification systems: Model for End‐stage Liver Disease (MELD) clinical research/practice End Stage Liver Disease - mortality End Stage Liver Disease - pathology End Stage Liver Disease - surgery Female Follow-Up Studies health services and outcomes research Humans Life expectancy Life span liver disease Liver diseases Liver transplantation Liver Transplantation - mortality liver transplantation/hepatology Liver transplants Male Middle Aged organ allocation organ procurement and allocation organ transplantation in general Patient Selection patient survival Prognosis registry/registry analysis Severity of Illness Index Survival Survival Rate Time Factors Time-to-Treatment Tissue and Organ Procurement - statistics & numerical data Tissue Donors - supply & distribution Transplants & implants Waiting Lists - mortality
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