Impact of implementation of the MELD scoring system on the prevalence and incidence of chronic renal disease following liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-709

  Davis, Connie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33646450780     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20647     Document Type: Editorial

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