A multivariate analysis of pre-, peri-, and post-transplant factors affecting outcome after pediatric liver transplantation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-154

  McDiarmid, Sue V ^a,e   Anand, Ravinder ^b   Martz, Karen ^b   Millis, Michael J ^c   Mazariegos, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTUBATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959528667     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821ad86a     Document Type: Article

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