Factors influencing liver transplant length of stay at two large-volume transplant centers

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1570-1578

  Washburn, W Kenneth ^a   Meo, Nicholas A ^b   Halff, Glenn A ^a   Roberts, John P ^b   Feng, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949098037     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21858     Document Type: Article

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