Prolonged Rehospitalizations Following Renal Transplantation: Causes, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 978-980

  Naderi, M ^a   Aslani, J ^a   Hashemi, M ^a   Assari, S ^a   Amini, M ^a   Pourfarziani, V ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248506573     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.081     Document Type: Article

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