Liver transplantation in exertional heat stroke: A medical dilemma

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1474-1478

  Hadad, Eran ^a   Ben Ari, Ziv ^b,c   Heled, Yuval ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^a   Shani, Yoav ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^a,b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Heat stroke; Liver; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; LIVER ENZYME; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; EXERTIONAL HEAT STROKE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242677693     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2312-7     Document Type: Article

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