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Ethical Issues in Pediatric Organ Transplantation pp 19–41Cite as

Living Donors for Fulminant Hepatic Failure in Children

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This chapter reviews and addresses the ethical aspects of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) patients.

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Abbreviations

ALF:

Acute liver failure

DDLT:

Deceased-donor liver transplant

HRQOL:

Health-related quality of life

KCHC:

Kings College Hospital Criteria

LDLT:

Living donor liver transplant

LKD:

Living kidney donors

NPV:

Negative predictive value

NRD:

Non-related donors

PALF:

Pediatric acute liver failure

PELD:

Pediatric end-stage liver disease score

PPV:

Positive predictive value

PRISM:

Pediatric risk score of mortality

SPLIT:

Studies of pediatric liver transplant

UNOS:

United network for organ sharing

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    Maja Segedi, Genieve Dhani & David Grant

  2. Liver Transplant Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Vicky L. Ng & David Grant

  3. Liver Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Segedi, M., Dhani, G., Ng, V.L., Grant, D. (2016). Living Donors for Fulminant Hepatic Failure in Children. In: Greenberg, R., Goldberg, A., Rodríguez-Arias, D. (eds) Ethical Issues in Pediatric Organ Transplantation. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 66. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29185-7_2

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