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There is a general agreement that liver function, both preoperatively (including also the etiology of liver failure) and postoperatively, is the major determinant of the outcome in liver transplantation. Many organs are, however, involved in chronical liver disease and in the postoperative course of transplanted patients and these organs may fail even when the liver function is acceptable. Renal, hemodynamic and cardiac function, coagulation abnormalities have been extensively investigated in this context while lung function is less frequently addressed.
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Langer, M. et al. (1993). Risk Assessment in Liver Transplantation Focus on Lung Function. In: Galmarini, D., Fassati, L.R., Paoletti, R., Sherlock, S. (eds) Drugs and the Liver: High Risk Patients and Transplantation. Medical Science Symposia Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1994-8_1
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