Impact of nighttime and weekend liver transplants on graft and patient outcomes

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 558-565

  Orman, Eric S ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a   Dellon, Evan S ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Barritt IV, A Sidney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860111109     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23395     Document Type: Review

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