Scientists determine risk factors for infection after liver transplantation
Monday, June 9, 2008 - 06:49
in Health & Medicine
Nearly 9 percent of patients who recently underwent liver transplantation suffered a subsequent surgical site infection (SSI). Risk factors included having had biliary-enteric anastomosis, previous liver or kidney transplant, and more than four red blood cell units transfused...
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