Developing trends in the intestinal transplant waitlist. 

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<br/><br/> The United Network for Organ Sharing database was examined for trends in the intestinal transplant (ITx) waitlist from 1993 to 2012, dividing into listings for isolated ITx versus liver-intestine transplant (L-ITx). Registrants added to the waitlist increased from 59/year in 1993 to 317/year in 2006, then declined to 124/year in 2012; Spline modeling showed a significant change in the trend in 2006, p<0.001. The largest group of registrants, <1year of age, determined the trend for the entire population; other pediatric age groups remained stable, adult registrants increased until 2012. The largest proportion of new registrants were for L-ITx, compared to isolated ITx; the change in the trend in 2006 for L-ITx was highly significant, p<0.001, but not isolated ITx, p=0.270. New registrants for L-ITx, <1year of age, had the greatest increase and decrease. New registrants for isolated ITx remained constant in all pediatric age groups. Waitlist mortality increased to a peak around 2002, highest for L-ITx, in patients <1year of age and adults. Deaths among all pediatric age groups awaiting L-ITx have decreased; adult L-ITx deaths have dropped less dramatically. Improved care of infants with intestinal failure has led to reduced referrals for L-ITx. � Copyright 2014 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1600-6135 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>*Intestines/tr [Transplantation]<br/>*Mortality/td [Trends]<br/>*Organ Transplantation/mo [Mortality]<br/>*Organ Transplantation/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]<br/>*Tissue and Organ Procurement/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]<br/>*Waiting Lists/mo [Mortality]<br/>Adolescent<br/>Adult<br/>Age Factors<br/>Child<br/>Child, Preschool<br/>Female<br/>Follow-Up Studies<br/>Humans<br/>Infant<br/>Infant, Newborn<br/>Male<br/>Prognosis<br/>Survival Rate<br/>Young Adult
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>MedStar Health Research Institute<br/>MedStar Washington Hospital Center
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Surgery/Transplantation
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Function: </label><br/>Journal Article<br/>Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.