Effects of Allocating Livers for Transplantation Based on Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Scores on Patient Outcomes
Effects of Allocating Livers for Transplantation Based on Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Scores on Patient Outcomes
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DOI:
10.1053/j.gastro.2018.07.025
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发表时间:
2018-11-01
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
Moonka, Dilip
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作者:
Nagai, Shunji;Chau, Lucy C.;Moonka, Dilip
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The Model for End-stage Liver Disease and Sodium (MELD-Na) score was introduced for liver allocation in January 2016. We evaluated the effects of liver allocation, based on MELD-Na score, on waitlist and post-transplantation outcomes. METHODS: We examined 2 patient groups from the United Network for Organ Sharing registry; the MELD-period group was composed of patients who were registered as transplant candidates from June 18, 2013 through January 10, 2016 (n = 18,850) and the MELD-Na period group was composed of patients who were registered from January 11, 2016 through September 30, 2017 (n = 14,512). We compared waitlist and post-transplantation outcomes and association with serum sodium concentrations between groups. RESULTS: Mortality within 90 days on the liver waitlist decreased (hazard ratio [HR] 0.738, P