Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 214, Issue 2 , Pages 164-173 , February 2012

Reduction in Corticosteroids Is Associated with Better Health-Related Quality of Life after Liver Transplantation

Abstract presented at the 2010 Meeting of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2010.

  • Victor Zaydfudim, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Victor Zaydfudim, MD, MPH, Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
    • ,
  • Irene D. Feurer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • Matthew P. Landman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • Derek E. Moore, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • J. Kelly Wright, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Received 14 July 2011 ,Revised 9 October 2011 ,Accepted 10 October 2011.

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 Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.

 This study was supported in part by the National Research Service Award T32 HS 013833 (V.Z.) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, and an educational award from the Novartis Corporation.

PII: S1072-7515(11)01157-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.10.006

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 214, Issue 2 , Pages 164-173 , February 2012

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