Reexamining Risk Aversion: Willingness to Pursue and Utilize Nonideal Donor Livers Among US Donation Service Areas

Background. Livers from “nonideal” but acceptable donors are underutilized; however, organ procurement organization (OPO) metrics do not assess how OPO-specific practices contribute to these trends. In this analysis, we evaluated nonideal liver donor avoidance or risk aversion among OPOs and within...

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Main Authors: Samantha E. Halpern, BA, Mariya L. Samoylova, MD, MAS, Brian I. Shaw, MD, Samuel J. Kesseli, MD, Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, MHS, Yuval A. Patel, MD, Lisa M. McElroy, MD, Andrew S. Barbas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-09-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001173