Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Pages 266-276, August 2007

Early Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Postoperative Acute Liver Failure Associated with Acute Renal Failure: Effect on Postoperative Outcomes

  • Vin-Cent Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Je Ko, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hong-Wei Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Sharng Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Wei Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Young-Ming Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fu-Chang Hu, MS, ScD

      Affiliations

    • College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Yen-Hung Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pi-Ru Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kwan-Dun Wu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yun-Lin Branch, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Kwan-Dun Wu, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei, Taiwan.

Received 15 August 2006; received in revised form 9 March 2007; accepted 9 April 2007. published online 22 June 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.This study was financially supported by the Improving Dialysis Quality Research Funds and Ta-Tung Kidney Foundation.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00510-8

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.006

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Pages 266-276, August 2007

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