Table 4 Examples of some combinations of risk factors and their effect on the score.
From: A Donor Quality Index for liver transplantation: development, internal and external validation
Risk factors | Reference patient | Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | Example 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ≤69 | 70 | 40 | 60 | 45 |
Cause of death | anoxia | trauma | CVA | CVA | other |
Intensive care unit stay | >4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
MDRD creatinine clearance: lowest | ≥90 | 70 | 82 | 30 | 47 |
Liver type | total | total | split | total | split |
Score | 1 | 1.53 | 2.07 | 2.13 | 2.47 |
