The weekend effect in liver transplantation.

BACKGROUND:The weekend effect describes a phenomenon whereby patients admitted to hospitals on weekends are at higher risk of complications compared to those admitted during weekdays. However, if a weekend effect exists in orthotopic liver transplantation (oLT). METHODS:We analyzed oLT between 2006...

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Main Authors: Felix Becker, Thomas Vogel, Thekla Voß, Anne-Sophie Mehdorn, Katharina Schütte-Nütgen, Stefan Reuter, Annika Mohr, Iyad Kabar, Eike Bormann, Thorsten Vowinkel, Daniel Palmes, Norbert Senninger, Ralf Bahde, Linus Kebschull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5967797?pdf=render