title: Mortality on the waiting list for liver transplantation: management and prioritization criteria.
abstract: The excellent outcomes of liver transplantation (OLT) have increased its demand and the size of the waiting list, resulting in a substantial mortality rate before OLT, which is a treatment failure owing to disease development. We have reviewed the medical literature on this theme, focusing on prioritization methods.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía y Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain. sanjuan_fer@gva.es
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: San Juan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cortes
mesh_terms: D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009026:Mortality; D014850:Waiting Lists