title: Analysis of donor criteria for the prediction of outcome in clinical liver transplantation.
abstract: The results of 219 orthotopic human liver transplants performed during 1985 at the University of Pittsburgh were reviewed to determine whether donor parameters could be used to predict the quality of early graft function. Multivariate discriminant analysis demonstrated that traditional parameters of donor assessment are unreliable predictors of poor graft function. Furthermore, 56% of the donors considered poor by conservative selection criteria produced livers with good early posttransplant function. Survival of recipients of primary allografts from donors rated poor was no different than survival of recipients of allografts from donors rated good.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007223:Infant; D007511:Ischemia; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010477:Perfusion; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen