Impact of center volume on outcomes of increased-risk liver transplants

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1191-1199

  Ozhathil, Deepak K ^a   Li, You Fu ^a   Smith, Jillian K ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Saidi, Reza F ^a   Bozorgzadeh, Adel ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DEATH; HIGH DONOR RISK INDEX; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PROCEDURE VOLUME; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053282390     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22343     Document Type: Article

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