What is Acceptable; More Deaths Pre Transplant or More Deaths Post-Transplant. Share 35 Liver Allocation System
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery and Research (IJSR) - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Since the adoption of this policy, more patients (28%) have been transplanted at high MELD scores (> 30) compared to transplant recipients in or prior to 2012 or [1738 (2012 actual) vs. 2128 (2014 actual)] [1]. A preliminary analysis evaluating the impact of this policy was presented at World Transplant Congress in San Francisco, USA in the spring of 2014 [2].
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Shahid Habib
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