Steroid use after the Kasai procedure for biliary atresia

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 680-684

  Lao, Oliver B ^a   Larison, Cindy ^a   Garrison, Michelle ^a   Healey, Patrick J ^a   Goldin, Adam B ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Kasai procedure; Length of stay; Outcomes; Steroids

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951913121     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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