Predictors of poor outcome among older liver transplant recipients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-203

  Sonny, Abraham ^a   Kelly, Dympna ^a   Hammel, Jeffrey P ^a   Albeldawi, Mazen ^a   Zein, Nizar ^a   Cywinski, Jacek B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiovascular disease; Comorbidities; Graft failure; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGE; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925248545     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12500     Document Type: Article

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