Analysis of early readmissions after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 867-877

  Stratta, Robert J ^a   Taylor, Rodney J ^a   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a   Sudan, Debra ^a   Jerius, John T ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

length of stay; morbidity; Pancreas kidney transplantation; readmissions; rejection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REHABILITATION; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029821847     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90387-X     Document Type: Article

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