Critical care issues in liver transplantation

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Keegan, Mark T ^a   Plevak, David J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CEPHALOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TROMETAMOL;

ACUTE CONFUSION; ALLOGRAFT; BLOOD CLOTTING; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREMOR;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33749586471     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aia.0000210815.00535.6d     Document Type: Review

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