Pediatric‐Deceased Donor Livers in Mexico: How Current Policy Disadvantages Children
Sixty percent of pediatric deceased donor livers are allocated to adult recipients in Mexico, despite the high waitlist mortality rate among pediatric candidates. A higher donor age predicted the allocation of pediatric organs to adult recipients. National Database improvements are required to accurately analyze the factors driving this allocation.
Authors
- Pilar Leal‐Leyte
- Ignacio García‐Juárez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-1887)
- Mara Medeiros-Domingo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6848-8933)
- Daniel Zamora‐Valdés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-1478)
- Ivan Linares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-9883)
Institutions
- Mexican Social Security Institute (MX)
- Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SA)
- Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (MX)
- MSD (Mexico) (MX)
- Hospital General De Zona (MX)
- Centro Médico ABC (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.70144
- Primary Topic
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00