title: MELD/PELD and the allocation of deceased donor livers for status 1 recipients with acute fulminant hepatic failure, primary nonfunction, hepatic artery thrombosis, and acute Wilson's disease.
abstract: 1. Historical perspective of donor allocation to patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). 2. Predicting prognosis in patients with FHF using the London and Clichy criteria. 3. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) is a predictor of mortality in patients with FHF. 4. Outcomes of adults listed as Status 1 in the United States. 5. Outcomes of pediatric candidates listed as Status 1 in the United States. 6. Proposed redefinition for Status 1 in adult and pediatric candidates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Von Liebig Transplant Center, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Russell H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wiesner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement