Factors Associated with 30-Day Mortality in Patients after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.

Introduction: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the main accepted method for long-term tube feeding. The aim of this study is to investigate the risk factors associated with early mortality after PEG.

Methods: It is a retrospective survival analysis in a tertiary-level hospital.

Impact of MELD allocation policy on survival outcomes after liver transplantation: a single-center study in northeast Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the impact of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) allocation policy on survival outcomes after liver transplantation (LT).

Introduction: Considering that an ideal system of grafts allocation should also ensure improved survival after transplantation, changes in allocation policies need to be evaluated in different contexts as an evolutionary process.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out among patients who underwent LT at the University of Pernambuco.

Donor age as a predictor of risk for short-term outcomes after liver transplant.

Objectives: To investigate an association between short-term mortality and donor age-associated worst outcomes in liver transplant.

Materials And Methods: A total of 178 consecutive patients underwent a liver transplant between 1999 and 2007. Among these patients, there were 172 liver transplants (donor age, 32.

Effects of donor age on patient survival in liver transplantation: short-and long-term analysis.

Background/aims: This study aim was to investigate an association between donor age and lower recipient survival in liver transplantation.

Methodology: A total of 178 consecutive patients underwent liver transplantation between 1999 and 2007. Among these patients, 172 liver transplants (donor age: 32.