Relationship Between Laboratory Parameters and Intensive Care Unit Stay Post-Liver Transplantation: Proposal of a Model

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1868-1870

  Sumberaz, A ^a   Centenaro, M ^a   Ansaldi, F ^b   Ancarani, A O ^a   Andorno, E ^a   Icardi, G ^b   Testino, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM;

EID: 34547570081     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.080     Document Type: Article

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