United States donation after circulatory death liver transplantation is driven by a few high-utilization transplant centers

Am J Transplant. 2020 Jan;20(1):320-321. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15629. Epub 2019 Nov 1.
No abstract available

Keywords: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR); donation after circulatory death; donors and donation: deceased; donors and donation: donation after circulatory death (DCD); editorial/personal viewpoint; health services and outcomes research; liver allograft function/dysfunction; liver transplantation/hepatology; organ procurement and allocation.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain Death*
  • Hospitals, High-Volume / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prognosis
  • Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / standards*
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States