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CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
卷 27, 期 -, 页码 34-39出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12154
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allocation; ethics; liver; MELD score; transplantation
In German legislation and in Eurotransplant's practice of liver allocation, urgency of need is considered as the primary distribution criterion. However, at a certain stage, the sickest-first principle is regarded as counterproductive as the performance status of these patients receiving an organ is on average critical and mortality and morbidity after liver transplantation increase. Within the medical transplant community, the criterion of prospect for success is highly accepted. As clinicians having a certain scope in decision-making as gatekeepers in regard to which patient gets on the waiting list and at which stage a patient is defined as not transplantable and as transplantation centers aspire good success rates, the goal of high prospect for success might become more weighty than intended by legislation and professional guidelines. From an ethical point of view, it is submitted a so-called mediatory approach in between the two extremes sickest-first and fittest-first. Beyond that, it is argued for further development of a prognostic score for post-operative outcome after liver transplantation - as long as questions of social justice are borne in mind - to support objective decision-making.
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