Preoperative Stratification of Liver Transplant Recipients: Validation of the LTRS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The liver transplant risk score (LTRS) was developed to stratify 90-day mortality of patients referred for liver transplantation (LT). We aimed to validate the LTRS using a new cohort of patients.

Methods

The LTRS stratifies the risk of 90-day mortality of LT recipients based on their age, body mass index, diabetes, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score, and need for dialysis. We assessed the performance of the LTRS using a new cohort of patients transplanted in the United States between July 2013 and June 2017. Exclusion criteria were age <18 years, ABO incompatibility, redo or multivisceral transplants, partial grafts, malignancies other than hepatocellular carcinoma and fulminant hepatitis.

Results

We found a linear correlation between the numbe

SUBMITTER: Molinari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature