Primary nonfunction (PNF) in the MELD era: An SRTR database analysis

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1003-1009

  Johnson, S R ^a   Alexopoulos, S ^a   Curry, M ^a   Hanto, D W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft failure; Liver transplant; Outcome; Primary nonfunction

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INOTROPISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY GRAFT NONFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947575301     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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