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Artif Intell Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2022; 3(1): 21-27
Published online Feb 28, 2022. doi: 10.35712/aig.v3.i1.21
Published online Feb 28, 2022. doi: 10.35712/aig.v3.i1.21
Artificial intelligence and human liver allocation: Potential benefits and ethical implications
Marcos Mucenic, Liver Transplant Adult Group, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90020-090, RS, Brazil
Ajacio Bandeira de Mello Brandão, Claudio Augusto Marroni, Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90050-170, RS, Brazil
Author contributions: de Mello Brandão AB wrote about liver allocation; Marroni CA wrote about artificial intelligence; Mucenic M wrote about the applications of artificial intelligence on liver allocation and on the prediction of waiting list mortality, wrote abstract and conclusions, and revised the writing style; all three writers revised the paper.
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Corresponding author: Marcos Mucenic, MD, PhD, Doctor, Medical Assistant, Liver Transplant Adult Group, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Av. Independencia, 75, Porto Alegre 90020-090, RS, Brazil. mmucenic@gmail.com
Received: December 24, 2021
Peer-review started: December 24, 2021
First decision: January 26, 2022
Revised: February 13, 2022
Accepted: February 23, 2022
Article in press: February 23, 2022
Published online: February 28, 2022
Processing time: 62 Days and 12.5 Hours
Peer-review started: December 24, 2021
First decision: January 26, 2022
Revised: February 13, 2022
Accepted: February 23, 2022
Article in press: February 23, 2022
Published online: February 28, 2022
Processing time: 62 Days and 12.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This review discusses the ethical aspects and current advancements in liver allocation (LA). It summarizes the concept of artificial intelligence and focuses on the latest developments of machine learning algorithms as applied to predicting waiting list mortality and LA. To date, only a few research groups have published works on this field; they also wrote reviews on the subject. Our minireview offers a thorough and impartial view of the topic, and we hope this will alert other potential researchers to this promising field.