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
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology RC799-869
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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