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Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant
Merola J, Gan G, Stewart D, Noreen S, Mulligan D, Batra R, Haakinson D, Deng Y, Kulkarni S. Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260000. PMID: 34793524, PMCID: PMC8601542, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor service areasWaitlist mortalityTransplant centersMedian MELDHigh mortalityStatus changesLiver transplant waitlist mortalityDeceased donor transplantsInactive statusTransplant probabilityInactive patientsMELD scoreDonor transplantsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsTransplant ratesCare coordinationMortalityPatientsTransplantLevel cohortsTertileSignificant differencesCohortMELD
2015
Public health safety and transplant with increased-risk organs: striking the balance.
Batra R, Katariya N, Hewitt W, Mathur A, Reddy S, Moss A, Segev D, Singer A. Public health safety and transplant with increased-risk organs: striking the balance. Experimental And Clinical Transplantation 2015, 13 Suppl 1: 9-12. PMID: 25894120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan procurement organizationsTransplant centersSolid organ transplantsPublic health servicesRisk donorsHealth servicesDisease controlSuch donorsInfectious transmissionProcurement organizationsPublic health safetyTransplantOrgansHealth safetyPatientsMembers of publicDonorsSignificant variabilityRecipientsCenterPrevention