Liver donor shortage and long waiting times are observed in many liver transplant programs worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the wait list in a developing country, before and after the introduction of the MELD scoring system. In addition, the MELD score ability to predict mortality in
Risk factors for liver transplantation waiting list mortality
โ Scribed by Michael A Fink; S Roger Berry; Paul J Gow; Peter W Angus; Bao-Zhong Wang; Vijayaragavan Muralidharan; Christopher Christophi; Robert M Jones
- Book ID
- 108950902
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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