Early respiratory complications after liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 9271-9281

  Feltracco, Paolo ^a   Carollo, Cristiana ^a   Barbieri, Stefania ^a   Pettenuzzo, Tommaso ^a   Ori, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Post transplant pneumonia; Postoperative edema; Postoperative respiratory failure; Respiratory complications

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POST-TRANSPLANT PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891413305     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9271     Document Type: Review

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