The impact of donor chemical overdose on the outcome of liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-708

  Komokata, Teruo ^a   Nishida, Seigo ^b   Ganz, Susan ^b   Suzuki, Tomomi ^b   Olson, Les ^b   Tzakis, Andreas G ^b,c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Liver and GI Transplant Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPIATE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; TACROLIMUS; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; DONOR; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCOSIS; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0041835971     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000079916.07254.3D     Document Type: Article

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