Outcomes in infants listed for liver transplantation: A retrospective cohort study using the United Network for Organ Sharing database

• Published in: Pediatric transplantation Vol. 20; no. 7; pp. 904 - 911
• Main Authors: Jimenez-Rivera, Carolina, Nightingale, Scott, Benchimol, Eric I., Mazariegos, George V., Ng, Vicky L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Databases, Factual; End Stage Liver Disease - surgery; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Liver Transplantation; Male; Proportional Hazards Models; Regression Analysis; Respiration, Artificial; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Time-to-Treatment; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Treatment Outcome; Waiting Lists; infant; liver transplantation

LT in neonates and young infants can be challenging due to a variety of factors. To describe the waitlist mortality rates and outcomes of patients listed and transplanted as infants identified from the UNOS database. Infants listed for LT between January 1985 and September 2010 were identified from...