Open AccessShould All Status 1A Patients Be Prioritized Over High MELD Patients? Concept of Risk Stratification in Extremely Ill Liver Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Mohamed Safwan,
Uche Nwagu,
Kelly Collins,
Marwan Abouljoud,
Shunji Nagai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002651
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatic encephalopathy , liver disease , transplantation , liver transplantation , united network for organ sharing , model for end stage liver disease , risk assessment , intensive care medicine , cirrhosis , computer security , computer science
Status 1A patients are prioritized over liver disease patients regardless of Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. We aimed to identify groups with high waitlist mortality in Status 1A and MELD ≥40 patients to determine who would most benefit from transplantation.