Hospitalization rates before and after adult-to-adult living donor or deceased donor liver transplantation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 542-549

  Merion, Robert M ^a   Shearon, Tempie H ^a   Berg, Carl L ^b   Everhart, James E ^c   Abecassis, Michael M ^d   Shaked, Abraham ^e   Fisher, Robert A ^f   Trotter, James F ^g   Brown, Robert S ^h   Terrault, Norah A ⁱ   Hayashi, Paul H ^j   Hong, Johnny C ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77649119059     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181ccb370     Document Type: Article

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