Differences in long‐term survival among liver transplant recipients and the general population: A population‐based nordic study

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 668 - 677
• Main Authors: Åberg, Fredrik, Gissler, Mika, Karlsen, Tom H., Ericzon, Bo‐Göran, Foss, Aksel, Rasmussen, Allan, Bennet, William, Olausson, Michael, Line, Pål‐Dag, Nordin, Arno, Bergquist, Annika, Boberg, Kirsten Muri, Castedal, Maria, Pedersen, Christian Ross, Isoniemi, Helena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; Female; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatology; Humans; Infant; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Liver Transplantation - mortality; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mortality; Population; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries - epidemiology; Transplants & implants; Young Adult; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries

Dramatic improvement in first‐year outcomes post‐liver transplantation (LT) has shifted attention to long‐term survival, where efforts are now needed to achieve improvement. Understanding the causes of premature death is a prerequisite for improving long‐term outcome. Overall and cause‐specific mort...