Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Recipients of Livers Donated after Cardiac Death
Autor: | Neehar D. Parikh, Anton I. Skaro, Daniela P. Ladner, Vadim Lyuksemburg, Joshua G. Cahan, Amna Daud, Zeeshan Butt |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zdroj: | Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Vol 2015 (2015) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1687-6121 1687-630X |
DOI: | 10.1155/2015/680316 |
Popis: | Donation after cardiac death (DCD) has expanded in the last decade in the US; however, DCD liver utilization has flattened in recent years due to poor outcomes. We examined clinical and quality of life (QOL) outcomes of DCD recipients by conducting a retrospective and cross-sectional review of patients from 2003 to 2010. We compared clinical outcomes of DCD recipients (n=60) to those of donation after brain death (DBD) liver recipients (n=669) during the same time period. DCD recipients had significantly lower rates of 5-year graft survival (P |
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