A coordinated national UK liver transplant program response, prioritizing waitlist recipients with the highest need, provided excellent outcomes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steven MassonRhiannon TaylorJulie WhitneyAnya AdairMagdy AttiaPaul GibbsTassos GrammatikopoulosJohn IsaacAileen MarshallDarius MirzaAndreas PrachaliasSarah WatsonDerek ManasJohn ForsytheDouglas Thorburn

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2022)

We successfully prioritized LT recipients in highest need, maintaining excellent outcomes, and waitlist mortality was only marginally increased.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
kidney transplantation
cardiovascular events
risk factors
metabolic syndrome
cross sectional
coronary artery disease
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle