Get $200 with your 1st order. Same day blood tests, next day results. Google reviews

Private MD News

Home | News | Liver Diseases

Experts recommend new system for distributing transplant livers

Category: Liver Diseases

Following liver panel testing, it may become apparent that an individual has a serious dysfunction in the organ. Infections like hepatitis may even cause a person to eventually need a liver transplant. In order to make the distribution of donor organs more fair, a team of researchers recently proposed a new system.

There are more people who need transplants than there are available organs. This means there needs to be a system for deciding how livers are made available. Currently, the condition of each patient is ranked on a system known as the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD). This score is then factored into the length of time the patient has been waiting.

However, researchers from the University of Texas proposed only using the MELD score. This would help make transplants available to those who need them the most, as some people who have been on the waiting list for an extended period of time may not necessarily have a severe condition.

"We suggest focusing on amendments to organ distribution that decrease waitlist deaths with the least amount of additional sharing of livers," said lead author Kenneth Washburn.

Most people who receive suspicious liver panel tests may never have to worry about a transplant, as their condition is unlikely to progress to that stage. But for those who do, the recommendations could have important implications.
 

Related Articles from Private MD:

News Categories:

Advanced Lipid Treatment I   Allergy Testing   Anemia and RBC disorders   Autoimmune Diseases   Bariatric Lab Testing   Blood and Blood Diseases   Breast   Cancer Detection and Tumor Markers   Celiac Disease Testing   Chlamydia   Coagulation and blood clotting disorders   Colon   DNA, Paternity and Genetic testing   Diabetes   Drug Screening   Environmental Toxin Testing   Female Specific Tests   Gastrointestinal Diseases   General Health   General Wellness   HIV   HIV monitoring/Treatment/Testing/Post Diagnos   Heart Health and Cholesterol   Herpes   Hormones and Metabolism   Infectious Diseases   Infertility Testing-Male   Infertitlity Hormone Testing   Kidney Diseases   Leukemia and WBC disorders   Liver   Liver Diseases   Lyme Disease   Male Specific Tests   Menopause/Peri-Menopausal Diagnosis   Musculoskeletal Diseases   Nicotine Screening   Organ Specific Testing   Ovarian   Prostate   Prostate   Sexually Transmitted Diseases   Thyroid Diseases   Transgender Hormone Testing-Male to Female   Transgender Hormone Testing-female to male   Vitamin D Deficiency-Diagnosis and Treatment   

Visit the Health News Archive: Click Here

Questions about online blood testing or how to order a lab test?

Speak with our Wellness Team: (877) 283-7882
Back to top