Identifying the futile pediatric liver re-transplant in the PELD era

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1019-1029

  Lao, Oliver B ^a   Dick, André A S ^b   Healey, Patrick J ^b   Perkins, James D ^b   Reyes, Jorge D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric; PELD; re transplant; survival; transplant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC END STAGE LIVER FAILURE; PEDIATRICS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78649842392     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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