Pretransplant Management of the Cirrhotic Patient

Priya Grewal; Paul Martin

doi:10.1016/j.cld.2007.04.009

Pretransplant Management of the Cirrhotic Patient

Priya Grewal, Paul Martin

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Abstract

Cirrhosis is the twelfth commonest cause of death in the United States, with more than 27,000 deaths and more than 421,000 hospitalizations annually. Currently, there are more than 17,000 patients awaiting liver transplantation in the United States across the 11 United Network for Organ Sharing regions. Approximately 10% of such patients will die awaiting transplantation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-449
Number of pages	19
Journal	Clinics in Liver Disease
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cld.2007.04.009
State	Published - May 2007

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