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Competing risks and the risks of children and adults competing for livers
Author(s) -
MacLennan Paul A.,
Orandi Babak J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.16158
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , physiology , environmental health
The authors comment on Hsu et al.'s proposal ( page 222) to update the PELD score to decrease the disparity in predicted mortality of pediatric compared to adult liver transplant candidates.