Healio

Changes in heart transplant allocation policy benefit some on waitlist, not all

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Heart transplant allocation policy changes in 2016 and 2018 improved waitlist outcomes for children born with ...
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Study shows changes to organ allocation policy reduced waiting time and increased transplants for children with pediatric acute liver failure

Liver transplantation is currently the only cure for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF), a rapidly progressing and life-threatening condition that can affect previously healthy children. Some ...
Healio

Revisions to allocation policy did not lower pediatric heart transplant waitlist mortality

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality for pediatric patients on the waitlist for heart transplantation fell from 1999 to 2023. The decline ...
Iowa Public Radio

State's New Allocation Policy Creates Confusion, Frustration For Some Counties

Vials of the Moderna vaccine sit in a cart at a Tama County COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Feb. 1. State officials announced last week that five counties had not hit the state's new requirement to use 80 ...
Medscape

MELD-Based Allocation Policy Beneficial in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Jan. 7, 2004 -- The new allocation policy based on the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) has been beneficial for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to the results of a ...