Fever in liver transplant recipients in the intensive care unit

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 504-511

  Singh, Nina ^a,b   Chang, Feng Yee ^a,c   Gayowski, Timothy ^a   Wagener, Marilyn ^a   Marino, Ignazio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Febrile illness; Intensive care unit; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033434095     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.130611.x     Document Type: Article

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