Preoperative assessment of candidates for liver transplant;Trasplante hepático: Evaluación preoperatoria

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1377-1382

  Concha P, Mario ^a   Muñoz L, Hernán ^a   González A, Alejandro ^a   Fasola M, Carlos ^a   Del Carmen Viñuela M, María ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, general; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation; Surgery, operative

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031267842     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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