Re: Disparities in Liver Transplant Allocation Shift but Still Exist

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That is terrible. I can't understand how they get away with it. ShaulSent via BlackBerry by AT&TDate: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:24:28 -0600To: < >Subject: Disparities in Liver Transplant Allocation Shift but Still Exist The objective scoring system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation has put women at a disadvantage, even as it appears to have eliminated an earlier racial disparity, researchers here said. Black patients eligible for liver transplants are no longer more likely than whites to die or become too ill for the procedure while awaiting a suitable donor, reported A. Moylan, M.D., of Duke University, and colleagues in the Nov. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. But after adoption of the MELD……. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/LiverTransplantation/11918 Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it Takes! Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007 @ Baylor/Dallas