Posttransplant survival in pediatric fulminant hepatic failure: The SPLIT experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1364-1371

  Baliga, Prabhakar ^a   Alvarez, Sergio ^a   Lindblad, Anne ^b   Zeng, Lan ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; INTUBATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8844236166     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20252     Document Type: Article

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