Is a 3-day limit for highly urgent liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure appropriate, and is the diagnosis in some cases incorrect?

Transplant Proc. 2001 Jun;33(4):2511-3. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02080-2.

Authors

K Bjøro¹, P Kirkegaard, B G Ericzon, S Friman, E Schrumpf, H Isoniemi, G Herlenius, M Olausson, A Rasmussen, A Foss, K Höckerstedt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

PMID: 11406230
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02080-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Follow-Up Studies
Graft Survival
Humans
Liver Failure / surgery*
Liver Transplantation / mortality
Liver Transplantation / physiology
Liver Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Survival Rate
Time Factors
Waiting Lists