Critical analysis of the pediatric end-stage liver disease scoring system: A single center experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 788-795

  Shneider, Benjamin L ^a,b   Neimark, Ezequiel ^a   Frankenberg, Tamara ^a   Arnott, Lindsay ^a   Suchy, Frederick J ^a   Emre, Sukru ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PEDIATRICS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 22144478271     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20401     Document Type: Editorial

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