Predictors of postoperative infectious complications in liver transplant recipients: experience of 185 consecutive cases.
Conclusions: High preoperative MELD score, deceased-donor type, and acute rejection were risk factors associated with infection. To prevent infections following surgery, it is important to determine the appropriate time of operation before the recipient has a high MELD score.
PMID: 29466849 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Lim S, Kim EJ, Lee TB, Choi BH, Park YM, Yang K, Ryu JH, Chu CW, Lee SJ Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research
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