Intraoperative blood loss predicts hemorrhage-related reoperation after orthotopic liver transplantation

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 969-973

  Kappa, Stephen F ^a   Gorden, D Lee ^b   Davidson, Mario A ^b   Wright, J Kelly ^b   Guillamondegui, Oscar D ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPEN ABDOMEN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77957376488     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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