Liver transplantation: expectation with MELD score for liver allocation in Brazil Transplante hepático: expectativas com escore MELD para alocação de fígado no Brasil

Liver transplantation: expectation with MELD score for liver allocation in Brazil Transplante hepático: expectativas com escore MELD para alocação de fígado no Brasil

Liver transplantation represents the most effective therapy for patients suffering from chronic end-stage liver disease. Until very recently, in Brazil, liver allocation was based on the Child-Turcotte-Pugh score and the waiting list followed a chronological criterion. In February 2002 the Model for...

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Main Authors: Andreza Correa Teixeira, Fernanda Fernandes Souza, Gustavo de Assis Mota, Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli, Ajith Kumar Sankarankutty, Orlando de Castro e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2006-01-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
Transplante de Fígado
Escore MELD
Alocação Órgãos
Liver Transplantation
MELD Score
Organ Allocation
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