Obesity increases mortality in liver transplantation - The Danish experience

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1231-1235

  Hillingsø, Jens G ^a,b   Wettergren, André ^a   Hyoudo, Masanobu ^a   Kirkegaard, Preben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mortality; Obesity; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28444499723     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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