Outcomes after liver transplantation in young infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-492

  Sundaram, Shikha S ^a,d   Alonso, Estella M ^b   Anand, Ravinder ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Outcomes; Young infant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER DONOR; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DATA BASE; DIALYSATE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEONATAL HEMOCHROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND COMPLICATION; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59649109054     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e318175d7d2     Document Type: Article

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