Immediate extubation of children following liver transplantation is safe and may be beneficial

Transplantation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 959-963

  O'Meara, Moira E ^a   Whiteley, Simon M ^a   Sellors, Jane M ^a   Luntley, Jeremy M ^a   Davison, Suzanne ^a   McClean, Patricia ^a   Rajwal, Sanjay ^a   Prasad, Raj ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Immediate extubation; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 27644510004     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000174132.18652.81     Document Type: Review

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