Oxygen persufflation as adjunct in liver preservation (OPAL): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Minor, Thomas ^a   Pütter, Carolin ^b   Gallinat, Anja ^b   Ose, Claudia ^b   Kaiser, Gernot ^b   Scherag, Andre ^b   Treckmann, Jürgen ^b   Paul, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN PERSUFFLATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80055005008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-234     Document Type: Article

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