Effect of postoperative complications on health and employment following liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Hunt, Christine M ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   Bute, Barbara Philips ^a   Clavien, Pierre Main ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Health status; Liver transplantation; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031965496     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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