Survival and resource utilization in liver transplant recipients: The impact of admission to the intensive care unit

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2998-3002

  Aggarwal, A ^a   Ong, J P ^a,b   Goormastic, M ^a   Nelson, D R ^a   Arroliga, A C ^a   Farquhar, L ^a,b   Mayes, J ^a   Younossi, Z M ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346500915     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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