Impact of outcomes monitoring on innovation and risk in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FATTY LIVER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DEATH; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868108087     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23539     Document Type: Article

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