Innovative care models after liver transplant
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Early Critical Care Course in Children after Liver Transplant
Objective. To review the critical care course of children receiving orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Methods. A retrospective chart review of patients admitted to the pediatric critical care following OLT performed in our center between 1988 and 2011. Results. A total of 149 transplants in 145 patients with a median age of 2.7 (IQR 0.9-7) years were analyzed. Mortality in the first 28 da...
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1 Chief of Transplant Services, Department of Surgery. Fundación Cardio-Infantil Bogotá, Colombia. 2 Gastroenterology and Hepatology Services, Department of Internal Medicine. Fundación CardioInfantil. Bogotá, Colombia 3 Chief of Gastroenterology Service, Department of Internal Medicine. Fundación Cardio-Infantil. Bogotá, Colombia 4 Chief of Hepatology Service. Department of Internal Medicine. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Liver Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2046-2484
DOI: 10.1002/cld.656