Perioperative neurological complications after liver transplantation are best predicted by pre-transplant hepatic encephalopathy

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-258

  Dhar, Rajat ^a   Young, G Bryan ^b   Marotta, Paul ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Drug toxicity; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver transplantation; Postoperative; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; CLASSIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949142220     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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