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A Monte Carlo Approach To Change Point Detection In A Liver Transplant, Alexia Melissa Makris
A Monte Carlo Approach To Change Point Detection In A Liver Transplant, Alexia Melissa Makris
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Patient survival post liver transplant (LT) is important to both the patient and the center's accreditation, but over the years physicians have noticed that distant patients struggle with post LT care. I hypothesized that patient's distance from the transplant center had a detrimental effect on post LT survival. I suspected Hepatitis C (HCV) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) patients would deteriorate due to their recurrent disease and there is a need for close monitoring post LT. From the current literature it was not clear if patients' distance from a transplant center affects outcomes post LT. Firozvi et al. (Firozvi AA, 2008) …