Assessment of a Modified Child-Pugh-Turcotte Score to Predict Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3114-3116

  Raszeja Wyszomirska, J ^a,b   Wasilewicz, M P ^a   Wunsch, E ^a   Szymanik, B ^c   Jarosz, K ^a   Wojcicki M ^a   Milkiewicz, P ^a,b  

^a M Curie Hospital   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH TURCOTTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70350510957     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.098     Document Type: Article

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