Table 3.

Minimal Listing Criteria for LT.

Minimal listing criteria for LT
Broad concept
•A patient should not be placed on the waiting list simply because it is perceived that he or she will likely need liver transplantation at some point in the future.
•< 90% chance of surviving 1 year.
•Predicted 1-year survival rate is >90% but who have other compelling indications
Listing criteria
Child-Pugh score of ≥7, i.e. class B or C
Presence of portal hypertensive gastrointestinal bleeding
Single episode of SBP, irrespective of their Child-Pugh score
Ascites-refractory
Liver cancer-BCLC A/B
Synthetic dysfunction
Also included other disease specific aetiologies

BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; LT, liver transplantation; SBP, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.