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The evolution in the prioritization for liver transplantation

Policies for organ allocation can be based on medical urgency, utility or transplant benefit. With an urgency policy, patients with worse outcomes on the waiting list are given higher priority for transplantation [based on the Child–Turcotte–Pugh score or the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD)...

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Autores principales: Cholongitas, Evangelos, Burroughs, Andrew K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24713804