Publication Name	World Journal of Transplantation
Manuscript ID	47838
Country	United States

Category	Transplantation
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Impact of recipient functional status on 1-year liver transplant outcomes
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Natasha H Dolgin, Babak Movahedi, Fred A Anderson, Isabel MA Brüggenwirth, Paulo N Martins and Adel Bozorgzadeh
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Natasha H Dolgin, MD, PhD, Doctor, Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation, UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01605, United States. ndolgin@mah.harvard.edu
Key Words	Patient survival; Transplantation; Liver disease; Clinical decision-making; Graft survival; Risk assessment/risk stratification
Core Tip	Poor functional status, as defined by The Karnofsky Performance Status scale, is a strong predictor of worse 1-year post-transplant outcomes (patient and graft survival) in a national United States liver transplant population.
Citation	Dolgin NH, Movahedi B, Anderson FA, Bruggenwirth IMA, Martins PN, Bozorgzadeh A. Impact of recipient functional status on 1-year liver transplant outcomes. World J Transplant 2019; 9(7): 145-157

Received	2019-03-26 02:16
Peer-Review Started
To Make the First Decision	2019-03-28 07:24
Return for Revision	2019-08-02 01:43
Revised	2019-10-16 18:50
Second Decision	2019-11-05 06:10
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2019-11-07 00:38
Articles in Press	2019-11-07 00:38
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2019-11-08 03:16

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