Attitudes of Liver Transplant Candidates Toward Organs From Increased‐Risk Donors
Sapna S. Humar, Jingqian Liu, Natalia Pinzon, Deepali Kumar, Mamatha Bhat, Les Lilly, Nazia Selzner – 4 April 2019 – Increased‐risk donor (IRD) organs make up a significant proportion of the deceased organ donor pool but may be declined by patients on the waiting list for various reasons. We conducted a survey of patients awaiting a liver transplant to determine the factors leading to the acceptance of an IRD organ as well as what strategies could increase the rate of acceptance.