Child-Pugh class, nutritional indicators and early liver transplant outcomes

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 39, 2001, Pages 823-827

  Abbott, W J ^a   Thomson, A ^a   Steadman, C ^a   Gatton, M L ^a   Bothwell, C ^a   Kerlin, P ^a   Wall, D R ^a   Lynch, S V ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropoimetry; Child Pugh; Grip strength; Liver transplant; Nutritional indicators

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0034941635     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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