Outcome of Emergency Liver Transplantation Including Mortality on the Waiting List: A Single-Center Experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2781-2784

  Wojcicki, M ^a   Lubikowski, J ^a   Wrzesinski, M ^a   Post, M ^a   Jarosz, K ^a   Hydzik, P ^c   Czuprynska, M ^a   Milkiewicz, P ^b  

^a M Curie Hospital   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BLEEDING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 36048935692     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.066     Document Type: Article

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