Lack of Standardization in Exception Points for Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Bacterial Cholangitis

Goldberg, D.; Bittermann, T.; Makar, G.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03969.x

Lack of Standardization in Exception Points for Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Bacterial Cholangitis

For conditions that the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score does not accurately predict waitlist mortality, transplant centers may apply to regional review boards for exception points. For patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) suffering from bacterial cholangitis, consensu…