Table 2.
The schedule for recipient screening
| Contents | Screening stage | Transplant day |
| Time | −30 Days–Day 0 | Day 0 |
| Written informed consent | × | |
| Eligibility assessment | × | |
| Patient history | × | |
| Demographic data | × | |
| Vital signs | × | × |
| Physical examination | × | × |
| Performance status (ECOG) | × | |
| Quality of life (EQ-5D) | × | |
| Standard routine blood tests | × | |
| Standard routine examinations | × | |
| Collection of blood specimens | × | |
| Liver biopsy | × | |
| Others |
Standard routine blood tests: blood type, blood/urine/stool routine test, coagulation function, communicable and infectious diseases, electrolytes, liver/renal/heart/function tests.
Standard routine examinations: ECG, chest X-ray, lung function, cardiac and abdominal colour ultrasound and abdomen CT scan.
Other parameters, such as magnetic resonance, blood gases, tumour markers and hepatitis B virus DNA, are measured according to clinical conditions.
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5 Dimension.