Selective bowel decontamination in elective liver transplantation: No improvement in endotoxaemia, initial graft function and post-operative morbidity

Transplant International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 329-334

  Maring, John K ^a   Zwaveling, Jan H ^a   Klompmaker, Ids J ^b   Meer, Janvander ^b   Slooff, Maarten J H ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Initial poor function; Liver transplantation; Selective decontamination; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; COLISTIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTOXIN; IMIPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036937624     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2002.tb00174.x     Document Type: Article

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