Predictors of survival following liver transplantation in infants: A single-center analysis of more than 200 cases

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 600-605

  Venick, Robert S ^a   Farmer, Douglas G ^b   McDiarmid, Sue V ^a   Duffy, John P ^b   Gordon, Sherilyn A ^b   Yersiz, Hasan ^b   Hong, Johnny C ^b   Vargas, Jorge H ^a   Ament, Marvin E ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^b  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Liver transplantation; Pediatric; Survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXTRAN; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADD ON THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BODY SIZE; CHOLESTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949367823     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181c5cdc1     Document Type: Article

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