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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
2020
INACTIVE STATUS CHANGE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF WAITLIST MORTALITY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS PATIENTS IN DONOR SERVICE AREAS WITH A HIGHER MEDIAN MELD AT TRANSPLANT
Batra R, Noreen S, Stewart D, Haakinson D, Gan G, Deng Y, Mulligan D, Kulkarni S. INACTIVE STATUS CHANGE IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF WAITLIST MORTALITY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS PATIENTS IN DONOR SERVICE AREAS WITH A HIGHER MEDIAN MELD AT TRANSPLANT. Transplantation 2020, 104: s213-s213. DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000699484.39814.91.Peer-Reviewed Original Research