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Author Topic: How Do Liver Transplant Waiting Lists Work?  (Read 6865 times)

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How Do Liver Transplant Waiting Lists Work?
« on: June 08, 2015, 04:51:26 pm »
Some facts from from RN Kimberly Fernandez's Latest Hep Web Exclusive:

-As of 2014, the liver transplant wait list had 15,323 candidates. However, only 6,729 liver transplants were done nationwide.

-Candidates for liver transplants are typically moved up and down on waiting lists based on a calculated score called Model For End Stage Liver Disease (MELD). Basically, the higher a patients' score is, the higher their spot is on the list. A MELD score of 30-39 has a 52.6% mortality rate, a score of 40 or more has a 71.3% mortality rate. 

-Patients with the highest MELD scores are offered livers within their geographic region based on a local, regional, national algorithm. Unfortunately, this often results in the sickest candidate not receiving an organ first, simply because of geographical constraints.

On average, 8 people die each day while waiting for a liver transplant.The average wait time for liver transplant candidates with type O blood, the longest wait list blood type, is 457 days or 1.25 years.

For more information:

http://www.hepmag.com/articles/liver_transplant_waiting_2502_27230.shtml


 


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