Machine-Learning Algorithms Predict Graft Failure After Liver Transplantation.

Journal: Transplantation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The ability to predict graft failure or primary nonfunction at liver transplant decision time assists utilization of scarce resource of donor livers, while ensuring that patients who are urgently requiring a liver transplant are prioritized. An index that is derived to predict graft failure using donor and recipient factors, based on local data sets, will be more beneficial in the Australian context.

Authors

  • Lawrence Lau
    Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, Hempstead, NY, USA.
  • Yamuna Kankanige
  • Benjamin Rubinstein
  • Robert Jones
  • Christopher Christophi
  • Vijayaragavan Muralidharan
  • James Bailey