Prolonged waiting times for liver transplantation in obese patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-870

  Segev, Dorry L ^a,c   Thompson, Richard E ^b   Locke, Jayme E ^a   Simpkins, Christopher E ^a   Thuluvath, Paul J ^a   Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Maley, Warren R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; TIME; WAITING TIME; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS C; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 56149118480     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818a01ef     Document Type: Article

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