Liver transplant center risk tolerance

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Scott R ^a   Karp, Seth J ^b   Curry, Michael P ^a   Barugel, Martin ^c   Rodrigue, James R ^a   Mandelbrot, Didier A ^a   Rogers, Christin P ^a   Hanto, Douglas W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt University Transplant Center   (United States)

^c Minimax Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Outcomes; Risk tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COMPUTER SIMULATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862255585     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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