End stage liver disease etiology & transplantation referral outcomes of major ethnic groups in British Columbia, Canada: A cohort study

• Published in: Medicine
• Main Authors: Chahal, Daljeet, Marquez, Vladimir, Hussaini, Trana, Kim, Peter, Chung, Stephen W., Segedi, Maja, Chartier-Plante, Stephanie, Scudamore, Charles H., Erb, Siegfried R., Salh, Baljinder, Yoshida, Eric M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
• Subjects: 4500; Canada; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542110/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678872; https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027436

Liver disease etiology and transplantation outcomes may vary by ethnicity. We aimed to determine if disparities exist in our province. We reviewed the provincial database for liver transplant referrals. We stratified cohorts by ethnicity and analyzed disease etiology and outcomes. Four thousand nine...