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Researchers determine risk factors for infection after liver transplantation
Published in Blood Weekly, July 3rd, 2008
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 (choledocho-jejunal or hepatic-jejunal reconstruction), previous liver or kidney transplant, and more than four red blood cell units transfused. These findings are published in the June issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com).
SSIs are common after liver transplantation and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. They result from the technical complexity of the...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-07-03)
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