Anesthesia for liver transplantation in US academic centers: Institutional structure and perioperative care

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-743

  Walia, Ann ^a,b   Mandell, M Susan ^c   Mercaldo, Nathaniel ^a   Michaels, Damon ^a   Robertson, Amy ^a,b   Banerjee, Arna ^a,b   Pai, Ramachander ^a,b   Klinck, John ^d   Weinger, Matthew ^a,b   Pandharipande, Pratik ^a,b   Schumann, Roman ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEAMWORK; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861830942     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23427     Document Type: Article

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