Incidence of cholangitis and sepsis associated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drain cholangiography and exchange: A comparison between liver transplant and native liver patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ginat, Daniel ^a   Saad, Wael E A ^b   Davies, Mark G ^c   Saad, Nael E A ^d   Waldman, David L ^a   Kitanosono, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Liver transplantation; Percutaneous biliary catheter exchange; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650832385     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3925     Document Type: Article

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