A 60-year-old man on ICU has acute liver failure from paracetamol overdose. He meets King's College Criteria for transplantation. The transplant coord...

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A 60-year-old man on ICU has acute liver failure from paracetamol overdose. He meets King's College Criteria for transplantation. The transplant coordinator contacts NHSBT. Under the NHS Organ Allocation system, how are livers allocated for super-urgent transplant listing?

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Super-urgent liver transplant listing provides the patient with highest priority nationally - the next ABO-compatible donor liver offered anywhere in the UK is allocated to the super-urgent listed patient, regardless of location or routine waiting list position

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First-come, first-served basis within the hospital

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Organs are allocated based on age only

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The patient must wait on the routine transplant waiting list

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Private payment determines allocation

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): Super-Urgent Liver Transplant Listing

A 60-year-old man on ICU has acute liver failure from paracetamol overdose. He meets King's College Criteria for transplantation. The transplant coordinator contacts NHSBT. Under the NHS Organ Allocation system, how are livers allocated for super-urgent transplant listing?