Open AccessORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Timothy Gayowski,
Ignazio R. Marino,
Nina Singh,
Howard R. Doyle,
Marilyn M. Wagener,
John J. Fung,
Thomas E. Starzl
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199802270-00008
Subject(s) - liver transplantation , medicine , transplantation , orthotopic liver transplantation , surgery
One of the most controversial areas in patient selection and donor allocation is the high-risk patient. Risk factors for mortality and major infectious morbidity were prospectively analyzed in consecutive United States veterans undergoing liver transplantation under primary tacrolimus-based immunosuppression.