Reduced use of intensive care after liver transplantation: Patient attributes that determine early transfer to surgical wards

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 682-687

  Mandell, M Susan ^a   Lezotte, Dennis ^a   Kam, Igal ^b   Zamudio, Stacy ^a,c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036023925     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.34380     Document Type: Article

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