Effects of obesity, diabetes, and prior abdominal surgery on resource utilization in liver transplantation: A single-center study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1519-1524

  Nair, Satheesh ^a,b   Vanatta, Jason M ^a,b   Arteh, Jihad ^a,b   Eason, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72949105757     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21889     Document Type: Article

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