TABLE 2-1UNOS Liver Status for Patients Image img00028.jpg 18 Years of Age According to Disease Severity

Status 1Fulminant liver failure with life expectancy <7 days
  • Fulminant hepatic failure as traditionally defined
  • Primary graft nonfunction <7 days of transplantation
  • Hepatic artery thrombosis <7 days of transplantation
  • Acute decompensated Wilson's disease
Status 2AHospitalized in Intensive Care Unit for chronic liver failure with life expectancy <7 days, with a Child-Pugh score of Image img00027.jpg10 and one of the following:
  • Unresponsive active vericeal hemorrhage
  • Hepatorenal syndrome
  • Refractory ascities or hepatic hydrothorax
  • Stage 3 or 4 hepatic encephalopathy
Status 2BRequiring continuous medical care, with a Child-Pugh score of Image img00027.jpg10, or a Child-Pugh score of Image img00027.jpg7 and one of the following:
  • Unresponsive active variceal hemorrhage
  • Hepatrorenal syndrome
  • Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
  • Refractory ascites or hepatic hydrothorax
Status 3Requiring continuous medical care, with a Child-Pugh score of Image img00027.jpg7 but not meeting criteria for Status 2B
Status 7Temporarily inactive

SOURCE: Keeffe, 1998; data obtained from UNOS website (http://unos.org) initially implemented July 1997, modified January 1998.

From: 2, Current Policies and Practices

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Organ Procurement and Transplantation: Assessing Current Policies and the Potential Impact of the DHHS Final Rule.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1999.
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