Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation in the MELD Era

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-277

  Bloom, Roy D ^a   Bleicher, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury (AKI); Model of end stage liver disease (MELD); Orthotopic liver transplant (OLT); Simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplants; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODEL OF END STAGE LIVER DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649306221     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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