title: Adult living-related liver donation for acute liver failure: is it ethically appropriate?
abstract: Acute liver failure (ALF) results in the annual death of approximately 3.5 per million people in the United States. Unfortunately, given the marked shortage of cadaveric liver donations and the ethical questions that plague utilization of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for ALF, many patients with ALF die before a liver is allocated to them. In this review, we discuss how the consistent utilization of LDLT for ALF could decrease the mortality rate of ALF. Additionally, we examine a key underlying issue: is LDLT for ALF ethically appropriate?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Erica M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carlisle
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angelos
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegler
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics*