Ascites characterizes perioperative clinical indices better than preoperative body mass index. A study in orthotopic liver transplant candidates

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 910-919

  Vater, Y ^a   Dembo, G ^a   Martay, K ^a   Vitin, A ^a   Amar, E ^b   Weinbroum, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airway extubation; Body mass index; Liver transplantation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; ANESTHESIA; ASCITES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864458360     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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