Is a 3-day limit for highly urgent liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure appropriate, and is the diagnosis in some cases incorrect?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2511-2513

  Bjoro K ^a   Kirkegaard, P ^b   Ericzon, B G ^c   Friman, S ^d   Schrumpf, E ^a   Isoniemi, H ^e   Herlenius, G ^c   Olausson, M ^f   Rasmussen, A ^b   Foss, A ^a   Hockerstedt K ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; DONOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

EID: 17744402528     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-1345(01)02080-2     Document Type: Article

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