Methylene Blue Used as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation Postoperative Recovery: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 601-604

  Roma, J ^a   Balbi, E ^a   Pacheco Moreira, L ^a   Gonzalez, A C ^a   Leal, C G ^a   Pousa, F ^a   Zynger, I ^a   Leite, D ^a   Halpern, M ^a   Guerra, P P ^a   Covelo, M ^a   Carius, L ^a   Agoglia, L ^a   Oliveira, A ^a   Enne, Marcelo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GERAL DE BONSUCESSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSCULTATION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CYANOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DILATATION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHYLENE BLUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77949441179     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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