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Liver transplants improve odds of survival for organ failure patients
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Kwerl lemmy.zip lavenie@lemmy.zip
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Carnelian lemmy.world Carnelian@lemmy.world
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Okay so obviously the phrasing of the title is crazy but the study is actually fascinating

The premise is that donor livers are very scarce, so whenever one becomes available we’re forced to choose who will get it out of the many who need it

A prevailing result of this tragic necessary decision has been that patients with multiple organ failures are usually denied livers since they are considered unlikely to survive long with the replacement liver, if they even survive the surgery in the first place. But this study actually directly examined that, and found that patients with multiple organ failures (up to a point) actually see significantly improved survival odds, and thus should be considered when a donor becomes available

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davad lemmy.world davad@lemmy.world
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Okay so obviously the phrasing of the title is crazy but the study is actually fascinating The premise is that donor livers are very scarce, so whenever one becomes available we’re forced to choose who will get it out of the many who need it A prevailing result of this tragic necessary decision has been that patients with multiple organ failures are usually denied livers since they are consider...

Thanks for the explanation. I figured there had to be more to it, but didn't have the energy to dig into it.

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