Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, Model for Liver Transplantation Survival and Donor Risk Index as predictive models of survival after liver transplantation in 1,006 patients

OBJECTIVES: Liver transplantation has not increased with the number of patients requiring this treatment, increasing deaths among those on the waiting list. Models predicting post-transplantation survival, including the Model for Liver Transplantation Survival and the Donor Risk Index, have been cre...

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Main Authors: Elisa Maria de Camargo Aranzana, Adriana Zuolo Coppini, Maurício Alves Ribeiro, Paulo Celso Bosco Massarollo, Luiz Arnaldo Szutan, Fabio Gonçalves Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2015-06-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322015000600413&lng=en&tlng=en