Accuracy of the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease Score in Estimating Pretransplant Mortality Among Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates | Zendy

ChungChou H. Chang | Zendy; Cindy L. Bryce | Zendy; Benjamin L. Shneider | Zendy; Jonathan G. Yabes | Zendy; Yi Ren | Zendy; Gabriel L. Zenarosa | Zendy; Heather Tomko | Zendy; Drew Michael S. Donnell | Zendy; Robert H. Squires | Zendy; Mark S. Roberts | Zendy

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Accuracy of the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease Score in Estimating Pretransplant Mortality Among Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates

Author(s) -

ChungChou H. Chang,

Cindy L. Bryce,

Benjamin L. Shneider,

Jonathan G. Yabes,

Yi Ren,

Gabriel L. Zenarosa,

Heather Tomko,

Drew Michael S. Donnell,

Robert H. Squires,

Mark S. Roberts

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004

H-Index - 183

eISSN - 2168-6211

pISSN - 2168-6203

DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2541

Subject(s) - medicine , liver disease , liver transplantation , model for end stage liver disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , transplantation

Fair allocation of livers between pediatric and adult recipients is critically dependent on the accuracy of mortality estimates afforded by the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease (PELD) and Model for End-stage Liver Disease, respectively. Widespread reliance on exceptions for pediatric recipients suggests that the 2 systems may not be comparable.

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