Transplant critical care: Standards for intensive care of the patient with liver failure before and after transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-487

  Niemann, Claus U ^a,b   Kramer, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL EXPERT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955051533     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22289     Document Type: Editorial

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