Pulmonary complications and mortality after liver transplant

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-270

  Bozbas, Serife Savas ^a   Eyuboglu, Fusun Oner ^a   Ergur, Figen Ozturk ^a   Arslan, Nevra Gullu ^a   Sevmis, Sinasi ^b   Karakayali, Hamdi ^b   Haberal, Mehmet ^b  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Mortality; Pulmonary complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TIME;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249150636     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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