Intensive care management of liver transplanted patients

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Feltracco, Paolo ^a   Barbieri, Stefania ^a   Galligioni, Helmut ^a   Michieletto, Elisa ^a   Carollo, Cristiana ^a   Ori, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver graft dysfunction; Liver transplantation; Post liver transplant critical care; Post operative complications

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155189926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i3.61     Document Type: Editorial

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