Inaccuracies of creatinine and creatinine- based equations in candidates for liver transplantation with low creatinine: Impact on the model for end-stage liver disease score

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1169-1177

  Francoz, Claire ^a   Prié, Dominique ^d   AbdelRazek, Wael ^a   Moreau, Richard ^a,b   Mandot, Ameet ^a   Belghiti, Jacques ^c   Valla, Dominique ^a   Francois Durand ^a  

^a Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; IOHEXOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY MASS; DRUG CLEARANCE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATININE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951682213     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22128     Document Type: Article

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