Risk stratification of adult patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-201

  Barshes, Neal R ^a   Lee, Timothy C ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^b   Karpen, Saul J ^a   Carter, Beth A ^a   Goss, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Prognostic; Survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644854498     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000188149.90975.63     Document Type: Article

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