The impact of obesity as determined by modified body mass index on long-term outcome after liver transplantation: Canadian single-center experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2288-2294

  Tanaka, T ^a   Renner, E L ^a   Selzner, N ^a   Therapondos, G ^a   Lilly, L B ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONVENTIONAL BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MODIFIED BODY MASS INDEX; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882268309     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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