Improved outcomes in pediatric liver transplantation for acute liver failure

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 863-869

  Miloh, Tamir ^a   Kerkar, Nanda ^a   Parkar, Sanobar ^a   Emre, Sukru ^b   Annunziato, Rachel ^c   Mendez, Carlos ^a   Arnon, Ronen ^a   Suchy, Frederick ^a   Rodriguez Laiz, Gonzalo ^a   Del Rio Martin, Juan ^a   Sturdevant, Mark ^a   Iyer, Kishore ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Yale New Haven ^*  (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute liver failure; children; liver transplantation; living donor; pediatric

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349232019     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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