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Acute care and emergency general surgery in patients with chronic liver disease: how can we optimize perioperative care? A review of the literature

The increasing prevalence of advanced cirrhosis among operative candidates poses a major challenge for the acute care surgeon. The severity of hepatic dysfunction, degree of portal hypertension, emergency of surgery, and severity of patients’ comorbidities constitute predictors of postoperative mort...

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Autores principales: Bleszynski, Michael S., Bressan, Alexsander K., Joos, Emilie, Morad Hameed, S., Ball, Chad G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-018-0194-1