Predicting Liver Allograft Discard

An index that predicts liver allograft discard can effectively grade allografts and can be used to preferentially allocate marginal allografts to aggressive centers. The aim of this study is to devise an index to predict liver allograft discard using only risk factors available at the time of initial DonorNet offer.Using univariate and multivariate analyses on a training set of 72 297 deceased donors, we identified independent risk factors for...