Acute care and emergency general surgery in patients with chronic liver disease: how can we optimize perioperative care? A review of the literature
Abstract 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 postopera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-07-01
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Series: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-018-0194-1 |