Liver transplantation in the critically ill: a multicenter Canadian retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Critically ill cirrhosis patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) often receive prioritization for organ allocation. Identification of patients most likely to benefit is essential. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score can predict 90-day mortality in critically ill recipients of LT and whether it can predict receipt of LT among critically ill cirrhosis listed awaiting LT.

Methods

We performed a multicenter retrospective cohort study consisting of two datasets: (a) all critically-ill cirrhosis patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission before LT at five transplant centers in Canada from 2000 through 2009 (one site, 1990 through 2009), and (b) critically ill cirrhosis patients receivin

SUBMITTER: Karvellas CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4056692 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature