Weight Loss Interventions for Morbidly Obese Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis: A Markov Decision Analysis Model

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-327

  Bromberger, Bianca ^a   Porrett, Paige ^a   Choudhury, Rashikh ^a   Dumon, Kristoffel ^a   Murayama, Kenric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Markov process; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIET; EXERCISE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIET; EXERCISE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84895901715     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2298-y     Document Type: Article

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