High mortality rate in patients with advanced liver disease independent of exposure to general anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 172-176

  Cheung, Ramsey C ^a,b   McAuley, Ryan J ^a   Pollard, John B ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complications; Hepatitis C virus; Risk; Surgery; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 19344371114     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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