Pretransplant Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score as a Predictor of Postoperative Complications After Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1240-1242

  Siniscalchi, A ^a   Cucchetti, A ^a   Toccaceli, L ^a   Spiritoso, R ^a   Tommasoni, E ^a   Spedicato, S ^a   Dante, A ^a   Riganello, L ^a   Zanoni, A ^a   Cimatti, M ^a   Pierucci, E ^a   Bernardi, E ^a   Miklosova, Z ^a   Pinna, A D ^a   Faenza, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65549166754     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.046     Document Type: Article

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