%0 Journal Article
%T National Liver Allocation Policy-Consensus Document by the Liver Transplantation Society of India for a Nationally Uniform System of Allocation of Deceased Donor Liver Grafts.
%A Reddy MS
%A Mathur SK
%A Sudhindran S
%A Gupta S
%A Rela M
%A Soin AS
%A Mirza D
%A Asthana S
%A Chinthakindi M
%A Jacob M
%A Kumaran V
%A Modi P
%A Mohanka R
%A Narasimhan G
%A Pal S
%A Pamecha V
%A Rastogi A
%A Saigal S
%A Wadhawan M
%J J Clin Exp Hepatol
%V 13
%N 2
%D Mar-Apr 2023
%M 36950486
暂无%R 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.12.001
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) is increasing in India and now constitutes nearly one-third of all liver transplantation procedures performed in the country. There is currently no uniform national system of allocation of deceased donor livers.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A national task force consisting of 19 clinicians involved in liver transplantation from across the country was constituted under the aegis of the Liver Transplantation Society of India to develop a consensus document addressing the above issues using a modified Delphi process of consensus development.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The National Liver Allocation Policy consensus document includes 46 statements covering all aspects of DDLT, including minimum listing criteria, listing for acute liver failure, DDLT wait-list management, system of prioritisation based on clinical urgency for adults and children, guidelines for allocation of paediatric organs and allocation priorities for liver grafts recovered from public sector hospitals.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This document is the first step in the setting up of a nationally consistent policy of deceased donor liver allocation.